Pollyanna McIntosh Quotes

I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.

I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.

For me, getting married doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to some pre-defined idea. Rather, it's an opportunity to explore new things in life.

I am somewhat grateful to the disintegration of my marriage for teaching me a lot about myself and about relationships, and though I wish it hadn't been such a taxing lesson, I wouldn't change a thing.

I've been married three times. I married the girl next door when I was 22, and I wasn't a good husband, but I wasn't a good anything then. Nowadays, I'm much kinder.

Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses.

Going through my divorce has changed who I am in my understanding of what's good and bad in relationships.

I'm not a person who I ever thought would do well with divorce. Not that it can't happen. I just didn't want that. So I waited a long time to meet the right person. Then I finally met someone that I was willing to be divorced from.

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.

Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.

Take this marriage thing seriously - it has to last all the way to the divorce.

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

I got married before I found myself. People should find themselves before they get married.

I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.

The fact is, I am in my third marriage and I do not believe in divorce. But I was half the problem, I guarantee you. More than half the problem. I couldn't negotiate with the other women.

You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.

Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

I enjoy writing about people falling in love, probably because I think the first time you fall in love is the first time that you have to figure out how you're going to orient your life. What are you going to value? What's going to be most important to you? And I think that's really interesting to write about.

I find divorces repulsive. I will never get divorced, never.

Family, to me, is most important, and I can't wait to have one of my own, but I am not going to rush into it. I don't want to get a divorce. I want to take my time, do it once and get it right.