“You had to stay awake married to him [Humphrey Bogart]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted, he'd buck. There was no way to predict his reactions, no matter how well I knew him. As he'd said before our wedding, he expected to be happily married and stay that way, but he never expected to settle down. He liked keeping people off balance. He was good for me -- I could never be quite sure what he would do.” PeopleWayWellsSaidMatterWantedBalanceMarriedExpectedReactionsSettlingAwakeRelaxBucksSettling DownHappily MarriedOur WeddingBogart Author:Lauren Bacall
“I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.” IfsThinkingWantDoeHateFallMarriedPhonesDisasterOccasionsBeing MarriedPhone Calls Author:Lauren Bacall
“The reason you get married is to be together, not to be separated.” ReasonTogetherMarried Author:Lauren Bacall
“Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.” PeopleThinkingWellsYoungAsksMarriedHollywoodAsk MeMemorableBogart Author:Lauren Bacall
“I fairly often have thought how lucky I was. I knew everybody because I was married to Bogie, and that 25-year difference was the most fantastic thing for me to have in my life.” YearsDifferencesLuckyMarriedFantasticMemorable Author:Lauren Bacall
“My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?' Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks. I could show you some, but I'd have to climb ladders, and I can't climb” PeopleThinkingWellsLooksPersonsI CanShowsAgeLastsPastYoungAsksRealizingSonMarriedHollywoodGoldenAsk MeMemorableClimbsMy SonOur PastLaddersYour PastReflectingGolden AgeBogartEyewitnesses Author:Lauren Bacall
“I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.” YearsForeverFiveMarriedInstitutionsFive YearsLastingBeing Married Author:Lauren Bacall
