“Every man has a dream of a woman he wants and this is very simple, find the one you can at least interact with, then create the miracle you want in her, it is your responsibility as a man”
“Maybe I was too educated and too spoiled, and that meant never having to settle for marriage to strengthen my economic lot the way my mother had to do...”
Source: Brown Neon
“...three jobs: keep a fine house, organize an enviable social calendar, and be a tiger in the bedroom.”
Source: Summer Darlings
“...Ted kissed Jean-Rose like it was on his to-do list, and she wondered if a morning kiss from one's husband was different from an evening kiss, which may be less perfunctory.”
Source: Summer Darlings
“Victory in codependency/recovery thus sounds like this:
'As I changed, all hell broke loose in my marriage . . . My husband and I began to fight a lot. My changes threatened him. I kept getting better, but the healthier I got, the worse it got at home. . . . I consider filing for divorce a real triumph in my recovery.”
Source: 12 Steps to Destruction: Codependecy/Recovery Heresies
“Judith.” Her mother glanced at her with a curious look on her face. “You seem a might bit distracted this evening. Is something the matter?”
“Nothing’s the matter, Mama,” she mumbled.
“Then I suggest, dear, that you put the sampler down before you stain it with your blood.” Her mother smiled tenderly at her.”
Source: An Unusual Adventure
“By the end of the weekend I want to stab him with his dessert fork, which is always lodged in a wedge of chocolate cake or his mouth.”
Source: Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
“What did your husband do to make you leave him?”
“He breathed.”
Source: Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale
“There's no such thing as a perfect marriage, but everything you two touch becomes beautiful and this will be no different.”
Source: People We Meet on Vacation
“A marriage relationship moves from the unknown to the known, desiring personal revealing to encourage continued growth in closeness.”
Source: Searching Below the Surface: A Deeper Look at Covenant and Contract