“New Year's Eve. It's a promise of a night. Single, married or widowed, in love, loveless or lovelorn, we all leave our apartments and pick through snow in high heels, or descend subway stairs in tuxedos, lured to wherever we're going--whether we know it or not, would deny it or not--by the kiss of a stranger.” KnowsYearsNightPromiseKissingMarriedPicksStrangerDenySnowNew YearHeelsApartmentStairsSubwayHigh HeelsNew Years EveLovelessTuxedosWidowed Author:Jardine Libaire
“An election marks the end of the affair; it puts paid to the seduction of the many by the few. Pretty words, fulsome promises. We wind up married, but to whom, to what? We cannot always predict with certainty the future leader from the winning candidate. Some men grow in the job; others are diminished by its demands and its grandeur.” MenEndsJobsPoliticsWinningGrowsLeaderWindPromiseDemandMarriedMarkPaidElectionAffairCertaintyCandidatesSeductionGrandeurFuture LeadersPretty Words Author:Anna Quindlen
“I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you get married you are on the highway to heaven, and quite often it isn't that. I think marriage has always been based on a combination of religious and legal reasons.” PeopleThinkingReasonFeelingsHeavenReligiousPromiseMarriedCombinationHighwaysAmbivalent Author:Mick Jagger
“I think that it's a great idea to have honest conversations about children before getting married. I also think it's impossible to promise someone, "What I want right now will never change, and as long as I promise you I do - or don't - want a child - or a specific number of children - before we get married, we will never have to experience fear, anxiety, uncertainty, or the pain of not getting what we want, when we want it.” ThinkingChildrenLongPainImpossibleHonestPromiseAnxietyMarriedUncertaintyNever ChangeGreat IdeaI PromiseGetting Married Author:Mallory Ortberg
“I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.” PeopleChildrenMadeTwoHousePerfectMarriageGrowing UpGrowingMinesPromiseMarriedOur ChildrenFaultsImperfectProtectedOur LoveBeing MarriedI Loved YouMarriage LifeMarried CouplesGreat MarriageInspirational MarriageChildren Growing UpLasting MarriageProtecting ChildrenPerfect MarriageEncouraging Marriage Author:Thornton Wilder
“You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I'm not getting rid of Pooh." "See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise." "I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.” KnowsNeedsMeanProblemWalksPromiseMarriedCompromiseI PromiseRibbons Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips