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

-Kathleen Norris

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

-Honore' de Balzac

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so jointed that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

-Logan Pearsall Smith

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

-Mignon McLaughlin

Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up.

-B. A. Billingsly

The only cure for love is marriage.

-Irish Proverb