Maggie Gallagher Quotes

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Having been married and having stood up in front of people and had my own wedding, I understand the importance of that ceremony and the choice that you're making to spend your life with somebody and tell everybody in your life why.

It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one - and then at some point, you have to put down your chips. You just have to make a commitment and hope that you're right.

I think marriage is all about timing. Getting married is insanity; I mean, it's a risk - who knows if you're going to be together forever? But you both say, 'We're going to take this chance, in the same spirit.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.

I had a marriage that I came to in the same way everybody else comes to a marriage. We all take chances when we get married.

Getting married was the best thing I've ever done.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

Mawwage. Mawwage is what bwings us together today.

"Marriage" is an internationally recognized word that says we are committed as a couple and are responsible for each other and any children that we have.

I will get married soon. It is in the pipeline. I believe in the institution of marriage.

Reader, I married him.

Marriage is rather a silly habit.

Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but, when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband.

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.

A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

I want to get married again and have kids and even adopt.

The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible.

Marriage is important to me and I love the idea of being married.

I've always been wary of marriage.

Just because marriage didn't work for us doesn't mean we don't believe in the institution. Just because our own marital track records are mixed doesn't mean our hearts don't lift at the sight of our daughters' Tiffany-blue wedding invitations.

I married someone whom I was close friends with first. I think that was a really good move.