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“That's the thing about marriage. It's a shell game we play with ourselves. We're the suckers and we have to lose, but we play anyway because we lie to ourselves that we can win.”

Play Lying Games Winning Loses Marriage Shells Sucker

Author:R. K. Milholland

“The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.”

Trying Play Funny Marriage Husband Majority Witty Cynical Violin Violinist Orangutans

Author:Honore de Balzac

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.”

Play Work Music Marriage Music Is Jazz Mistress Jazz Music Playing Music Fiddle Playing Jazz

Author:Duke Ellington

“...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.”

Source: RFK: collected speeches

“A married couple that plays cards together is just a fight that hasn't started yet.”

Play Together Fighting Marriage Couple Married Cards Wedding Married Couples

Book:Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed

Source: Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed

“Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.”

Play Marriage Witty Dull Courtship Prologue Very Witty

Author:William Congreve

“Unless you learn to play a duet in the same key, to the same rhythm, a slow process of disengagement will wedge you apart, first secretly, psychologically, and then openly and miserably.”

Firsts Play Process Marriage Keys Rhythm Wedges Duets Disengagement

Author:Walter Wangerin