The
curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the
individuals are joined in their weakness rather than
in their strength --each asking from the other
instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even
more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child
a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable
to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to
the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring
the happiness of another, to one who without being
wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own
existence.
-- Simone De Beauvoir
1908-1986, French
Novelist, Essayist
How
many young hearts have revealed the fact that what
they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly
felicity was but the beginning of care,
disappointment, and sorrow, and often led to the
extremity of mental and physical suffering.
-- Catharine Esther
Beecher
1800-1878, American
Educator, Writer
Well
married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
1813-1887, American
Preacher, Orator, Writer
Never
marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end
up hating you.
-- Jill Bennett
American Actress
