When A Marriage Is Over Quotes

#1. How does a poet know when a poem is ended? Because it lies flat, taut; nothing can be added or subtracted. How does a woman know when a marriage is over? Because of the way her life suddenly shears off in just two directions: past and future.

Carol Shields

#2. Prostitution was illegal in Kenya and was culturally a taboo. But what was a young orphaned girl with little education to do when she had to fend for three of her younger siblings? As she watched the waves hit the shores, she noticed a young handsome man staring at her from a distance.

Nya Wampaze

#3. When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.

Philippa Gregory

#4. Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

Gary Vaynerchuk

#5. For men, women are their 'counter weights' and when that is not enough, their daughters are their 'counter weights.' One can't do without a counter weight. Otherwise, he will fall over.

Dada Bhagwan

#6. His mother asked, "And when is a marriage successful?" He had the feeling she was about to provide the answer, the very answer that people the world over were searching for. And he was right. "When the wife loves the husband," Nadira told him. "Not just loves him, but is crazy about him! Only then.

Anat Talshir

#7. I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over.

Gary Numan

#8. All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged
after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot.

Mary Ann Shaffer

#9. I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I was deserted in my head. I was always out, always in the saloons, always drinking, always messing about.

Malachy McCourt

#10. Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak'd meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.

William Shakespeare

#11. Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.

Gary L. Thomas

#12. Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.

St. Jerome

#13. Sometimes I do wake up in the mornings and feel like I've just had the most incredible dream. I've just dreamt my life

Richard Branson

#14. A relationship is a journey and many would think the destination is marriage. Well, no it is not! Marriage is another phase of the journey.

Olaotan Fawehinmi

#15. To me, the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is conviction.

Diane Greene

#16. Jessica Cameron had to propose marriage in a couple of hours, and she was a little nervous about it. Trying

Noelle Adams

#17. Awakening Call: You're Not in love if it carries a burden.

Brook Tesla

#18. Most couples get married because it's time, not because they're in love. They might have money issues, parental pressure, or they're simply tired of being alone - so they pick Mr. Good Enough and tie the knot.

H.M. Ward

#19. In all of Western civilization, there have been societies that celebrating the homosexuality, the ancient Greeks. But they, in fact, protected the institution of marriage as a union between one man and one woman. They got the joke. And the American people get the joke.

Ken Blackwell