I’ve often thought that a marriage is like a covered wagon, full of the stuff of life. The man and the woman are the two workhorses who pull it. Eventually, it gets heavy. There are children in the wagon, a home that needs to be maintained, feelings that need to be protected and nurtured when life throws curveballs. It works when both partners pull together, but the journey can’t continue for long if one partner unbuckles the straps and decides to ride in the wagon, because it’s easier, and because he knows his partner will keep pulling no matter what.
– from These Tangled Vines book by Julianne MacLean
Tag: Quotes on Marriage
Some things change in thirty-five years …
Some things change in thirty-five years of marriage – the silver hair, the softness of my belly, the lines around my eyes – but some things do not, and I am still eager for the warmth of my husband’s touch.
– from The Frozen River book by Ariel Lawhon
When a woman marries again, it …
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
– from The Picture of Dorian Gray book by Oscar Wilde