Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

—Mignon McLaughlin

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

—Mignon McLaughlin

I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

—Mignon McLaughlin

No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.

—Mignon McLaughlin

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

—Mignon McLaughlin

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

—Mickey Rooney

Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state.

—Mae West

My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.

—Lawana Blackwell

I pay very little regard… to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.

—Kathleen Norris