Brides Quotes - Page 11

• Not from his head was woman took,
  As made her husband to o'erlook;
  Not from his feet, as one designed
  The footstool of the stronger kind;
  But fashioned for himself, a bride;
  An equal, taken from his side.

  Charles Wesley

  Husband, Women, Taken

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• The most important thing, of course, is that you should look more stunning than you have ever looked in your life. How many excuses do you have to wear a dress bigger than anyone else's, at a party just for you, where everyone has to burst into tears from how gorgeous you look while you prance around in front of them? Remember, your lifelong happiness depends on this one article of clothing. If it doesn't look good, you're not a bride. You're just some idiot in a big white thing - a color unflattering to about 93 percent of the population.

  Mimi Pond

  Party, Color, White

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• By about a week before the big day, you will have received less than half of your invitation response cards. Panic sets in when it occurs to you that everyone invited will actually show up. You couldn't have made it easier for your guests. You have included a card that had boxes for 'will attend' or 'will not attend.' You included a pre-addressed, stamped envelope. How inconvenient could it be for them simply to check it off and drop it in in a mailbox? Very inconvenient. You, evil bride-to-be, are confronting two basic human fears. A terror of correspondence and the dread of decision-making.

  Mimi Pond

  Two, Evil, Decision

  Mimi Pond (1993). “A Groom of One's Own: And Other Bridal Accessories”, Plume Books

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• I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.

  Gwen Stefani

  Wedding, Growing Up, School

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• Poor Congo, barefoot bride of men who took her jewels and promised the Kingdom.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Men, Jewels, Kingdoms

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.170, Faber & Faber

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• Outside the youth center, between the liquor store and the police station, a little dogwood tree is losing its mind; overflowing with blossomfoam, like a sudsy mug of beer; like a bride ripping off her clothes, dropping snow white petals to the ground in clouds, so Nature’s wastefulness seems quietly obscene. It’s been doing that all week: making beauty, and throwing it away, and making more.

  Tony Hoagland

  Beer, Clothes, Clouds

  Tony Hoagland, “A Color of the Sky”

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• The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead in the hollow of the queen's shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Kings, Queens, Home

  "The King of Attolia". Book by Megan Whalen Turner, 2006.

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• 'My bride is here,' Rochester said , again drawing me to him, 'because my equal is here, and my likeness. Jane, will you marry me?'

  Charlotte Bronte

  Will You Marry Me, Rochester, Equal

  "Jane Eyre".

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• White for Shadowhunters is the color of funerals," Luke explained. “ But for mundanes, Jace, it’ s the color of weddings. Brides wear white to symbolize their purity.” “I thought Jocelyn said her dress wasn’t white,” Simon said. “Well,” said Jace, “I suppose that ship has sailed.” Luke choked on his coffee.

  Cassandra Clare

  Coffee, Color, White

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1371, Simon and Schuster

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• And down I went to fetch my bride: But, Alice, you were ill at ease; This dress and that by turns you tried, Too fearful that you should not please. I loved you better for your fears, I knew you could not look but well; And dews, that would have fall'n in tears, I kiss'd away before they fell.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Fall, Kissing, Tears

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.292, Delphi Classics

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• Now what?” Urgit warily asked his bride-to-be. “Am I disturbing your Majesty?” Prala asked. “…You always disturb me, my beloved,” he answered her question, spreading his arms extravagantly.

  David Eddings

  Arms, Majesty, Beloved

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• The love-making of the bluebird is as beautiful as the bird itself, and normally as gentle, unless interrupted by some jealous rival who would steal his bride; then gentleness gives place to active combat. The male usually arrives a few days ahead of the female, selects what he considers to be a suitable summer home, and carols his sweetest, most seductive notes day after day until she appears in answer to his call.

  Arthur Cleveland Bent

  Beautiful, Summer, Home

  Arthur Cleveland Bent (1949). “Life histories of North American thrushes, kinglets, and their allies: order Passeriformes”

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• A true philosopher is married to wisdom; he needs no other bride.

  Proclus

  Philosophy, Needs, Philosopher

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• A bride who is bullied by her mother-in-law will herself become a bad mother-in-law.

  Sin-Itiro Tomonaga

  Mother, Law, Bullied

  "The Story of Spin" by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, translated by Takeshi Oka, University of Chicago Press, (p. 217), 1997.

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• When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Husband, Father, Lovers

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage”, p.49, Open Road Media

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• In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were burned at the door, in token, that they would never again be needed.

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Home, Doors, Wheels

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson (2012). “Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays”, p.37, tredition

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• [At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom.

  Dorothy Parker

  Years, People, Today

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• It doesn't matter whether the bride or the bridegroom writes the letters of thanks for wedding presents provided that these go out immediately after the arrival of each present and are not in the handwriting of the bride's mother.

  Judith Martin

  Mother, Writing, Letters

  Jacobina Martin, Judith Martin (2010). “Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding”, p.242, W. W. Norton & Company

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• A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

  Honore de Balzac

  Wedding, Flower, Wife

  "Honorine". Book by Honoré de Balzac, 1845.

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• I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.  I believe He wants us to be known for giving—of our time, our money, and our abilities—and to start a movement of ‘giving’ churches.  In so doing, we can alleviate the suffering in the world and change the reputation of His bride in America.

  Francis Chan

  Believe, America, Giving

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• The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

  Mark Gatiss

  Firsts, Tvs, Remember

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• When we arrive at eternity's shore
  Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
  We'll enter in as the wedding bells ring
  Your bride will come together and we'll sing, 'You're beautiful'

  Phil Wickham

  Beautiful, Memories, Tears

  Song: You're Beautiful, Album: Cannons, 2007

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• This wasn't because he liked me, I was sure. It had more to do with him banking on what we of wedding age had all become witnesses to-how during these wedding weekends, single women, feeling a little lonely, maybe, or just feeling a little too far from being the bride, found themselves loosening their own rules, opting to be more flexible, more quickly.

  Laura Dave

  Lonely, Weekend, Feelings

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• The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.

  Hafez

  World, Remember, Maidens

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• At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

  Calvin Trillin

  Quality, Social, Bride And Groom

  Calvin Trillin (1987). “Uncivil liberties”, Penguin Group USA

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