“Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an alliance with virtue, that a woman never shows to full advantage except as a mother. Then alone can her character expand in the fulfillment of all life's duties and the enjoyment of all its pleasures.” ChildrenCharacterShowsMotherForcePleasureVirtueDutyAdvantageConstantProtectionFulfillmentEnjoymentHelplessStrictAlliances Book:Letters of Two Brides Source: Letters of Two Brides
“The joyous fulfillment of your sex : the sacred duties of beloved wife, and helpmeet, and mother. In opposition to the vulgar and mercantile hurly-burly of the great world, the idyllic pleasures of the domestic hearth-the which, I firmly believe, make of one small room an everywhere, indeed; and provide us with that small measure of bliss, which is, if we are greatly fortunate, and deserving, Our Lord's promise to us, of the Heaven to come.” IfsWorldBelieveHomeMotherHeavenSexWomenPleasureRoomsLordWifeDutyPromiseSacredFortunateFulfillmentBelovedBlissOppositionComing HomeVulgarOur LordJoyousDeservingIdyllicSmall RoomsBeloved Wife Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted.” RealizingPleasureMaterialsCapacitySeekingFulfillmentEnjoymentExhaustedDecrease Author:Alex Campbell
“It was crazy: marriage. You gave your whole life, your whole happiness, over to one other human being, even the best of them inept at times, prone to reach for some other fulfillment, some other pleasure.” HumansWholeHuman BeingsPleasureCrazyWhole LifeFulfillment Book:Marriage: A Duet Source: Marriage: A Duet