“Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long , intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.” -- Amy Bloom

"Marriage is like a pair of shears Oft times working in opposite directions, but punishing anyone that comes between them."
--Sydney Smith

"Marriage is the only war where you sleep with the enemy. "
--Gary Busey

"The more you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes."
--Amy Grant

"We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise."
--Raquel Welch

"Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence."
--King Vidor

"In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic, a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts, an enabler rather than a reformer."
--H. Norman Wright and Gary J. Oliver

"They say love is blind...and marriage is an institution. Well, I'm not ready for an institution for the blind just yet."
--Mae West

"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' come together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."
--Dave Meurer

"Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife."
--Euripedes Antigone