“Do you ask why I am unwilling to marry a rich wife? It is because I am unwilling to be taken to husband by my wife. The mistress of the house should be subordinate to her husband, for in no other way, Priscus, will the wife and husband be on an equality.” WayShouldAsksHouseRichTakenWifeHusbandMy WifeMistressUnwillingHusband And WifeSubordinates Author:Martial
“Not from his head was woman took, As made her husband to o'erlook; Not from his feet, as one designed The footstool of the stronger kind; But fashioned for himself, a bride; An equal, taken from his side.” KindMadeWomenSidesTakenFeetHusbandEqualStrongerBrides Author:Charles Wesley
“Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside.” FeltDifficultKnownGoneTakenHusbandOur FamilyDesperateMy HusbandDifficult TimesSo Sad Author:Tracey Gold
“Three factors--the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at work--have taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.” ChildrenCareThreeBeliefHalfSupportTakenEconomicHigherHusbandMarriedFemaleMalesDivorceFactorsWagesExesMarried WomenChild CareEx Husband Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“I have left all my business and all my husbands; I have taken with me only fair weather and my children, which is as much as I want.” WantChildrenLeftChangeTakenHusbandFairsWeatherMy ChildrenMy Husband Author:Madame de La Fayette
“I caused my husband's heart attack. In the middle of lovemaking I took the paper bag off my head. He dropped the Polaroid and keeled over and so did the hooker. It would have taken me half an hour to untie myself and call the paramedics, but fortunately the Great Dane could dial.” HeartHoursHalfTakenMiddleHusbandPaperBagsMy HusbandHeart AttackPaper BagsPolaroidsParamedics Author:Joan Rivers
“The disturbing video taken by Keith Lamont Scott`s wife showing the moment her husband was killed by police in Charlotte provides a sobering window into the high level of compliance that people of color feel they need to maintain in their interactions with police.” PeopleNeedsFeelsMomentsLevelsTakenWifeColorHusbandWindowPoliceVideoInteractionDisturbingHigh LevelComplianceKeithCharlotte Author:Chris Hayes
“Because I have nothing else to live for. You told me of your brother’s betrayal. Imagine your own father calling out his hounds to kill your infant daughter and husband. Imagine what it was like to watch them die and then be taken and punished for something you didn’t do. To be stripped of your dignity and emotions because your father was embarrassed by a stupid, insignificant dream he’d had and he blamed everyone who walks in the dreams for it. You feel your pain, Aiden. I feel mine. (Leta)” FeelsDreamPainDiesFatherWalksEmotionWatchesTakenImagineStupidMinesBrotherCallingHusbandDaughterDignityBetrayalEmbarrassedInfantInsignificantYour BrotherHounds Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“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
“Why do you have a cigarette lighter in your glove compartment?" her husband, Jack, asked her. "I'm bored with knitting. I've taken up arson” TakenHusbandBoredSmokingCigaretteGlovesLightersKnittingArson Book:Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel Source: Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel
“Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside just because their husbands had taken a fancy to another, for the women who walked the hard road between kitchen, bedroom, church and childbirth. For the women who deserved more than their husband's whim.” ShouldCountryHardChurchTakenWifeHusbandKitchenFancyBedroomChildbirthWhimSpeaking OutGood Wife Book:The Other Boleyn Girl: A Novel Source: The Other Boleyn Girl: A Novel
“Why? I mean, why you? I can perfectly comprehend not liking my husband. I dislike him intensely most of the time.” Professor Lyall stifled a chuckle. “I am given to understand that he does not approve of spelling one’ s name with two ll’s. He finds it inexcusably Welsh. I suspect he may be quite taken with you, however.” MayMeanDoeI CanTwoNamesGivenTakenHusbandMy HusbandSuspectsProfessorsDislikeSpellingWelshChuckles Author:Gail Carriger