A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Mignon McLaughlin But be, as you have been, my happiness... Randall Jarrell US author & poet (1914 - 1965) To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. Alexis Carrel French biologist & surgeon (1873 - 1944) To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. Gwendolyn Brooks US poet (1917 - ) A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. Andre Maurois French author (1885 - 1967) Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state. Kathleen Norris That is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life. Paul Tournier I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more. Candice Bergen US television actress (1946 - ) I love you the more that I believe you have liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. John Keats English lyric poet (1795 - 1821) Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC) |