Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes

Some people say the reason I am not married is that I don't understand small business and the toughest small business in the world is a family. But when you are happy and feel every minute of your life, what is the reason to get married?

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

I like to share my life, and spend time with someone I love. That has worked 100 per cent with my wife.

My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

I love being married.

Men, in fact, are excited and looking forward to settling down and having families and being true partners with women in relationships that are full of excitement, unpredictability, adventure, and loyalty.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems.

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

Marriage is an extremely difficult relationship.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.

I have a strong marriage, and my wife and I love each other.

I love marriage.

Monogamy is desirable for many reasons, especially in creating a stable, emotionally connected home for children. But judging from centuries of human behavior, it is also a very difficult standard to meet.

We don’t want to abolish marriage, but we want marriage to be founded on what it was made for, mutual love and respect, and when there is none left or when it vanishes, so shall the marriage vanish. In short, love and respect shall be the only bonds that keep man and wife together, and when they are broken so shall the marriage end.

I think marriage can sometimes turn things into a business. It stops being about feelings.

My marriage is very important to me.

People need to know their marriage is worth fighting for.

Marriage is more complex than we think.

The best part of being married is to be a family.

Marriage is definitely a very comforting feeling.

I didn't know my husband, and then we had two children, and then I fell in love with him.

I think marriage is beautiful, but I have mixed feelings about it.