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• A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Marriage, Expectations, Needs

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• The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person. Since marriage is inevitably a relationship between two unique people, no one marriage is going to be exactly like any other. Yet we tend to wed with explicit visions of what a “good” marriage ought to be like. Then we suffer enormously from trying to force the relationship to fit the stereotype and from the neurotic guilt and anger we experience when we fail to pull it off.

  M. Scott Peck

  Unique, Two, People

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• I hope you fall in love with someone nice and have a good marriage. I might end up dying without knowing what it's like to be in love.

  Koushun Takami

  Falling In Love, Nice, Knowing

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• The divorce rate would be lower if instead of marrying for better or worse
  people would marry for good.

  Ruby Dee

  Marriage, Divorce, People

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• I am not against marriage -- I am for love. If love becomes your marriage, good; but don't hope that marriage can bring love. That is not possible. Love can become a marriage. You have to work very consciously to transform your love into a marriage. Ordinarily, people destroy their love. They do EVERYTHING to destroy it and then they suffer. And they go on saying, 'What went wrong?' They destroy -- they do everything to destroy it.

  Rajneesh

  Marriage, Love Is, People

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• Someday, one of your friends is gonna get divorced, it's gonna happen, and they're gonna tell you. Don't go, 'ohhhh I'm sorry.' That's a stupid thing to say. First of all you're making 'em feel bad for being really happy, which isn't fair. And second of all: divorce is always good news. I know that sounds weird, but it's true, because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce. It's really that simple.

  Louis C. K.

  Sorry, Stupid, Divorce

  "Please Stop Saying You’re So Sorry" by Carly Israel, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2016.

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• A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C.

  George W. Bush

  Together, Serving

  "President Bush Discusses the Global War on Terror in Tipp City, Ohio". Speech, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 19, 2007.

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• Even a good marriage leaves people with longings for certain things their marriage will never be. So, do they accept that, make compromises, and say, "You can't have everything in life," which is what we always did? Or do they say, "I deserve more. I want to experience that thing and, you know, I have fifty more years to live than I used to." It's not necessarily that we have more desires today, but we do feel more entitled to pursue them. We live in this "right to happiness" culture, and yes, we do live half a century longer than we used to.

  Esther Perel

  People, Desire, Culture

  "The Deeper Reasons Why People Have Affairs". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. October 20, 2017.

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• There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Marriage, Delightful

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• Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

  Robert Bolt

  Heaven, Made, Doctor Zhivago

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• Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Marriage, Ignorance, Evil

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.107, Vivekananda Kendra

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• You're not just going out there, maybe sacrificing your own life. There's also sacrifices still going on at home. You can serve in the military and have a good marriage, but you just need to be aware of it so you can take those steps to take care of it.

  Chris Kyle

  Military, Home, Sacrifice

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The idea that relationships are not a strategy is potent; and the sad commentary proceeds to say that often relationships are seen as a strategy, a means to accomplish great things - except love and relationship are not what is really wanted. We want to appear relational so people will like what we have to offer. It's the difference between wanting a good marriage and loving the person you married.

  Scot McKnight

  School, Mean, Ideas

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• No one would wish a bad marriage on anyone. But where do we think good marriages come from? They don't spring full blown from the head of Zeus any more than does a good education...Why should a marriage require fewer tears and less toil and shabbier commitment than your job or your clothes or your car?

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Marriage, Jobs, Spring

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• There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Matrimony, Delightful

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• A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within.

  Katharine Whitehorn

  Marriage, Interesting, Drs

  Katharine Whitehorn (1981). “View from a Column”

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• Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others, God, love, spirituality, and life through dating. Done well, it can be fulfilling in and of itself. Done well, it can be one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of your life. Done well, it can lead to a good marriage.

  Henry Cloud

  Spiritual, Fun, Dating

  Henry Cloud (2005). “How to Get a Date Worth Keeping: Be Dating in Six Months Or Your Money Back”, p.30, Zondervan

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• A good marriage is loving someone in a lot of different circumstances. Respect for them and their views and ideas and the life that they're leading with you. Shared values and interests. A good sense of humour. And a little volatility along the way.

  Edward Kennedy

  Views, Ideas, Loving Someone

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• I suspect that in every good marriage there are times when love seems to be over.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Very Good, Suspects, Seems

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage”, p.64, Open Road Media

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• A good marriage shuts out a very great deal.

  May Sarton

  Deals

  May Sarton (2014). “A Reckoning: A Novel”, p.6, Open Road Media

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• Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.

  Margaret Millar

  Play, Acting, Certain

  Margaret Millar (2016). “A Stranger in My Grave”, p.30, Soho Press

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• Trying to describe a good marriage is like trying to describe your adrenal glands. You know they're in there functioning but you don't really understand how they work.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Trying, Adrenal Glands, Knows

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• You're either selfish, or you're a servant...but fundamentally selfish people are terrible friends, terrible lovers, terrible spouses, terrible Christians, terrible parents. They leave a terrible legacy. Will you be selfish? Will you be a servant?...A good marriage is a servant and a servant.

  Mark Driscoll

  Christian, Selfish, People

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• It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.

  Doris Day

  Stars, Ambition, Dancer

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• The secret to a good marriage, as far as I am concerned, is a joke I make: Keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.

  Michael J. Fox

  Sex, Dirty, Fighting

  Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. February 18, 2009.

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