The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female.
In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family.
I've always had bizarre, negative feelings about anything traditional, like marriage and family. I never thought something like that worked.
Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.
I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.
When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity.
Kids need a mom and a dad, and people understand that. Marriage between a mom and a dad is most important for kids.
The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.
Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.
I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.
I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.
Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.
During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life.
What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I've never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring.
