Laura Wasser Quotes

But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I've found a way to this character and this family, but I still believe that a marriage is between two people and not seven or three.

Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.

I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.

I didn't want to get married. What I knew of most men was something I didn't want any part of. I just wanted to work on my career.

The fact is, marriage is just a legal piece of paper. I don't see why the government needs to get involved in what two people do with their lives. It's none of their business.

My personal feelings on marriage? Samuel Johnson once said that second marriages - although I could probably say this about any marriage - are about the triumph of hope over experience. I think that's true. I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.

For me, it's sad to say, but I would probably have a spiritual marriage but not a legal marriage, because I think so much about marriage starts to become about finances. It has nothing to do with God or feelings or the romantic side of marriage. It's about who owns what, who gets what? So what's the point?

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

I don't know, monogamy is a weird thing for me.

You either believe marriage and human sexuality are sacred, or you do not.

I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.

Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.

I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.

Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.

Ultimately, who you choose to be in a relationship with and what you do in your bedroom is your business.

Human nature is such that monogamy is a really hard thing to achieve.

I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed.

I don't need to be married, but I feel married.

I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.

I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.

I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.

I was married for a little while. I chose to be married. Then I chose not to be. But in the state of Maryland, I could... That should be the case for all Marylanders.