“Do they still call it infatuation? That magic ax that chops away the world in one blow, leaving only the couple standing there trembling? Whatever they call it, it leaps over anything, takes the biggest chair, the largest slice, rules the ground wherever it walks, from a mansion to a swamp, and its selfishness is its beauty.... People with no imagination feed it with sex -- the clown of love. They don't know the real kinds, the better kinds, where losses are cut and everybody benefits. It takes a certain intelligence to love like that -- softly, without props.” PeopleKnowsWorldLoveKindStillsRealCertainSexImaginationLossWalksCuttingMagicCoupleBenefitsStandingLeavingBlowSelfishnessChairsLeapInfatuationClownTremblingPropsMansionsSwampsStanding There Author:Toni Morrison
“I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. But I also believe that gay and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples, those who have been in long-term relationships, deserve to be treated respectfully, they deserve to have benefits.” MenBelieveLongHas BeensI BelieveTermCoupleGayBenefitsDeserveTreatedLong TermLong Term Relationship Author:Dick Cheney
“Marital partners often trigger in each other resourceless states—negative trance-like experiences in which partners feel devoid of satisfactory solutions. Carol Kershaw maps these interactional loops and provides Ericksonian strategies to help couples make their marriage entrancing. Therapists of all persuasions are sure to benefit from this important book.” FeelsImportantBookStatesHelpingCoupleBenefitsSolutionsNegativeStrategyPartnersMapsPersuasionTriggersTherapistsLoopsTranceCarols Author:Jeffrey K. Zeig
“In one fell swoop we can now see the same mental health benefits of marriage for same sex couples as heterosexual couples, the main reason there is a benefit to being in a legally recognized marriage is that it introduces a level of stability into a relationship. This is going to help change the social climate. Hearing the Supreme Court say this is OK will help couples feel like they're part of regular society.” FeelsReasonHelpingSocialSexChangeLevelsHealthCoupleBenefitsCourtMental HealthClimateHearingSupremeStabilityIntroducingSupreme CourtHealth Benefits Author:Rick Wright
“I knew about AIDS. My friends were dying right, left, and center. I did a record with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight. I did a couple of benefits.” LeftWonderRecordsDyingCoupleBenefitsMy FriendsAidsKnights Author:Elton John
“If singing a couple of songs in a benefit will help keep the Festival alive and known, well, how can I say no to that?” IfsWellsHelpingSongKnownAliveCoupleBenefitsSingingFestivals Author:Stephanie D'Abruzzo
“And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.” YearsTwoDoneAsksSexPresidentHalfPrinciplesCoupleGayBenefitsPartnersHospitalsHalf A Year Author:Barack Obama
“The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.” PeopleThinkingMadeRichFeetCoupleBenefitsLawyerLawsuit Author:Gavin Rossdale
“The inflections of community are important because they get at the very meanings of marriage. Marriage is a gift God gives the church. He does not simply give it to the married people of the church, but to the whole church, just as marriage is designed not only for the benefit of the married couple. It is designed to tell a story to the entire church, a story about God’s own love and fidelity to us” PeopleGivingDoeImportantWholeStoriesCommunityChurchCoupleBenefitsMarriedFidelityMarried Couples Author:Lauren F. Winner