As I grew to adolescence, I imagined, from closely observing the boredom and vexations of matrimony, that the act my parents committed and the one I so longed to commit must be two different things. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: parents boredom marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Shirley Abbott We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: history knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email This was the dawn of plastic eating in America. . . . We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: reality USA America food better flavor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: history knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This was the dawn of plastic eating in America. . . . We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: reality USA America food better flavor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “marriage” I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. —Rita Rudner More about this quote Tags: love annoyance eternity marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email This had always frightened her about marriage: how satisfied married people seemed, how unable they were to ask for more. She couldn't imagine feeling satisfied. —Brit Bennett in The Mothers More about this quote Tags: fear satisfaction marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings. —Isabel Gillies in Happens Every Day More about this quote Tags: love mistakes hurt marriage generosity selfishness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The fact is, being married to your job for some portion or all of your life, even if it does in some way inhibit romantic prospects, is not necessarily a terrible fate, provided that you are lucky enough to enjoy your work, or the money you earn at it, or the respect it garners you, or the people you do it with. —Rebecca Traister in All the Single Ladies More about this quote Tags: money work romance marriage fate Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: marriage surprise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. —Rita Rudner More about this quote Tags: love annoyance eternity marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This had always frightened her about marriage: how satisfied married people seemed, how unable they were to ask for more. She couldn't imagine feeling satisfied. —Brit Bennett in The Mothers More about this quote Tags: fear satisfaction marriage Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings. —Isabel Gillies in Happens Every Day More about this quote Tags: love mistakes hurt marriage generosity selfishness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The fact is, being married to your job for some portion or all of your life, even if it does in some way inhibit romantic prospects, is not necessarily a terrible fate, provided that you are lucky enough to enjoy your work, or the money you earn at it, or the respect it garners you, or the people you do it with. —Rebecca Traister in All the Single Ladies More about this quote Tags: money work romance marriage fate Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: marriage surprise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email