In the absence of understanding, that was a good a reason as any for living together and making babies and raising them up and throwing them out of the house and then going through the long slow decline together until one of them died and left the other alone again, understanding as little as ever about what their spouses really wanted, who they really were. Was that tragedy? Or was that comedy? Was there really any difference?

Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free

That was the way communication was among women, most of the time; few women realized it, but they all depended on it. 'Women's intuition' wasn't intuition at a…

Your mother surrounds you every moment,' she said. 'I know, because I feel her love for you in my own arms, around you now.

A cypress-bough, and a rose-wreath sweet, A wedding-robe, and a winding-sheet, A bridal bed and a bier. Thine be the kisses, maid, And smiling Love's alarms; A…

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.