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“The dream of romantic love is taken more seriously in North America than it is anywhere else in the world, which is why we believe in fidelity and why we believe in infidelity as well. It is also, of course, what makes our divorce rate as high as it is. Falling in love at first sight and instant gratification are part of the world in which we live, so there are people who believe adamantly in fidelity. They just don't believe in it for long.”

“To switch lads and lassies from quickie ceremonies back to the catered works in to-be-worm-only-once white dresses, the [wedding] garment producers have turned to sociology. Through statistics as carefully laid out as a bridal train, they are establishing a correlation showing a higher divorce rate for the informally gowned.... They may just have something there.... If a bride has sunk a bunk of savings into a dress she can't use again in a second wedding, she might think twice about having a second.”

“A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.”

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Author:Margaret Atwood

“I firmly believe that every six years, a person goes through a serious change. Think about it: At 6, you start school. At about 12, you start hitting puberty. And then it goes on. You start hitting these different mental levels, and people change. I think that's part of the reason the divorce rate is so high.”

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Author:Randy Houser

“This idea that the employment of women, the movement of women outside the home into the work world, and their demand for equality is somehow responsible for increasing juvenile delinquency or the increase in divorce rate, is just so much bullshit.”

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Author:Betty Friedan

“Without financial literacy, divorce rates soar, families rupture, and women stay with abusive men for financial security. A lack of jobs contributes to riots and illegal activity. Name any situation and it goes back to money. We need to focus on poverty eradication.”

“Modern love is the enterprise that everyone wants to be a part of, yet there's a fifty percent divorce rate in round one and a sixty-five percent divorce rate in round two.”

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Author:Esther Perel

“Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers”

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Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse people would marry for good.”

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Author:Ruby Dee

“The Family that prays together, stays together.”

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Author:Pope John Paul II

“We live in a time of turmoil. Earthquakes and tsunamis wreak devastation, governments collapse, economic stresses are severe, the family is under attack, and divorce rates are rising. We have great cause for concern. But we do not need to let our fears displace our faith. We can combat those fears by strengthening our faith.”

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Author:Russell M. Nelson

“Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. Its important for a woman to be able to control her finances.”

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Author:Maria Bartiromo

“If either person isn't 100% committed to scale every mountain that comes before you to make your relationship work then you aren't ready to enter into it. That's part of the reason the divorce rate is so high. People are entering into the commitment they're making without having the strength of character, fortitude, and resolve to keep the promises they're making to each other and also to God. God cares VERY MUCH that we keep our marital promises -He enters into the marriage with you whenever you marry so your promises aren't only to each other but also to Him.”

“In many parts of the Bible Belt, the divorce rate was discovered to be roughly 50 percent above the national average.”

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Book:The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?

Source: The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like the Rest of the World?

“I think that the divorce rate's over 50% for a reason. I don't think people are taking enough time now to really see if they can make it work and live together.”

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Author:Channing Tatum

“The roles that men and women play are no longer the standard traditional roles of way back when but are those of two very individual people living their lives. I think it's been a hard transition in society - just take a look at the divorce rate - to figure out what that means now. How do you resolve that?”

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Author:Lisa Edelstein