Min Jin Lee Quotes

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates (470-399 B.C.) "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't

There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy is successful, he has everything, but his wife has left him. The most important value - love - is missing. What is wrong with this institution called 'marriage'? What is wrong with this institution called 'the pursuit of happiness'?

The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.

Do your kids a favor: Love your spouse.

But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.

I definitely, definitely want a family.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.

We spend most of our lives in relationships or bringing up children which are a product of relationships.

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

And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.' I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much. I have young children, and I'm just pretty much crazed.

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

Advice to persons about to marry - don't.

My mom and dad? Oh, they were a fiery pair. They stayed together for the kids and also because they were hopelessly in love with each other, but they were totally incompatible.

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

I'm somebody's ex-wife, and I did things that drove him nuts. And now I'm somebody's girlfriend, for many years, and I've got different things that drive him nuts.

There's no time for boys in my life right now.

We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too.