“I was always on guard and I was always prepared for him to be upset with me. I had lived feeling uneasy and tense for so long.”

“Being married definitely took work. When we fought, I felt like I wanted to float away and drown, whereas before I knew I could walk away without any strings attached.”

“First of all, he was not my type. He was nice, considerate, unselfish and grounded; qualities Id never experienced in a man. Usually, I went for the self centered, screwed up, Im lost, will you be ...”

“I had no intention of forsaking my wedding vows. I had strong morals and never could have imagined going against them. I was never even tempted to stray.”

“I didnt want to get burned. I didn't want to be the other woman, but I wanted him with all my might.”

“He wanted revenge and I knew he would not stop until he got it. I had to hope he would run out of fuel.”

“In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find and continue to find grounds for marriage.”

“You don't know when you're twenty-three.You don't know what it really means to crawl into someone else's life and stay there. You can't see all the ways you're going to get tangled, how you're goin...”

“Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.”

“If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way with...”

“When we are at peace within our marriage, the effects can be astounding! We will raise happier children, become better employees, and overall find the joy in life.”

“Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”