“I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S. Springfield and some wild lands in Iowa. Notwithstanding my great and good husband's life was sacrificed for his country, we are left to struggle in a manner...of life undeserved. Roving Generals have elegant mansions showered upon them, and the American people leave the family of the Martyred President to struggle as best they may! Strange justice this.” PeopleMayMeanCountryHouseLeftPresidentJusticeStruggleGreaterLandStrangeHusbandPortionsResentmentElegantMansionsIowaGood HusbandMartyredRoving Author:Mary Todd Lincoln
“My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to decode because it is based on only four phrases: 'Huh,' 'I dunno,' 'It's not my turn,' and 'I do everything around here!” ChildrenKidsTurnsSpeakLanguageDifficultFourStrangeHusbandAncientPhrasesMy HusbandDialect Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by) Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)
“Strange - I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter!” WayPersonsStillsBookFilmStrangeHusbandStrangerMy HusbandScreenwritersStay With Me Author:Dani Shapiro
“King René of Anjou [(1409-80)]was a strange compound of amiable, great and trifling qualities. He was so excellent a sovereign as to acquire the surnom of the Good. He was brave in war, delighted in tournaments and wrote on them, instituted festivals and processions, partly religious and partly burlesque, was a fond husband, a romantic lover, a good painter for that age, and a true philosopher.” WarAgeReligiousQualityStrangeKingsLoversHusbandBravePhilosopherPainterExcellentAcquireRomantic LoveSovereignFestivalsRoyaltyDelightedTournamentsCompoundsTriflingAmiableProcessionBurlesque Author:Horace Walpole
“What if I say that it is not unjust but according to law that when a woman gets into debt her husband should bear it? And with the church of God sinning, it was but right that her Husband, who had espoused her unto Himself, should become the debtor on her behalf. The Lord Jesus stood in the relationship of a married Husband unto His church, and it was not, therefore, a strange thing that He should bear her burdens.” IfsShouldLawJesusChurchLordStrangeBearsHusbandMarriedBurdenDebtWhat IfUnjustBehalfStrange ThingsSinningDebtors Book:The Doctrines of Grace Source: The Doctrines of Grace
“Tom, my husband, who converted to Judaism when we got married, and as a consequence, we were learning about historical conversions to Judaism. Really, every time it pops up, it's very strange.” StrangeHusbandMarriedConsequenceHistoricalPopsConversionMy HusbandTomsJudaism Author:Emily Barton
“You — you strange — you almost unearthly thing! — I love as my own flesh. You — poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are — I entreat to accept me as a husband.” My OwnPoorAcceptingStrangeHusbandFleshObscureThings I LoveAccept Me Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” MenFunnySadnessStrangeHusbandDepressionMiseryFunny MarriageTempestStrangenessMisersBedfellowsGonzalo From TempestStrange Bedfellows Author:William Shakespeare
“Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love have I for Miss Ingram? None: and that you know. What love has she for me? None: as I have taken pains to prove; I caused a rumor to reach her that my fortune was not a third of what was supposed, and after that I presented myself to see the result; it was coldness both from her and her mother. I would not-I could not-marry Miss Ingram. You-you strange-you almost unearthly thing!-I love as my own flesh. You-poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-I entreat to accept me as a husband.” KnowsLittlesEyePainMotherMy OwnPoorResultsAcceptingTakenMissingStrangeHusbandProveThirdsFortuneConvincedFleshLiarsObscureRumorSkepticThings I LoveColdnessAccept Me Author:Charlotte Bronte