“Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.” 
― Joey Adams

“The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.” 
― Nia Vardalos

“In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.” 
― Catherynne M. Valente

“I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody.” 
― Willa Cather

“Who does ever get what they want? It doesn’t seem to happen to many of us if any at all. It’s always two people bumping against each other blindly, acting out old ideas and dreams and mistaken understandings.” 
― Kent Haruf

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already sent her home because I was relying on some sort of spark I didn't feel? What if she's waiting to leave me at the first sign of adversity? What if I don't find anyone at all? What do I do then, America?” 
― Kiera Cass

“There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a young lady?" "I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated.” 
― Charlotte Brontë

“No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage...” 
― William Shakespeare