Diana Gabaldon Quotes

When one has been married over thirty years, of course it would be absurd not to admit there have been some difficulties, at some times. But the important thing is that we have weathered them.

I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'

My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can.

Lot's of marriages don't last as long as Queen have been together.

I don't need to marry again. I've been married twice, and I love it when it works, but these days we live until we're 80 and marriages are jolly long.

I have been blessed being married to the same woman for 61 years. I honestly believe that if I retired, we may not make it to 62.

Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts.

My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren't any people making it, but there are. As long as there are some, there's hope.

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

I wrote that song 'Black,' and it was just this idea that I had been married for 10 years. Everyone talks about 'happily ever after,' but there's so much more to it than that.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'

I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.

You don't stay married for 35 years by accident. I think that that's willful and intentional and something that both people really want.

A lot of the time when people get married in the infatuation, it will go down. That is inevitable. The infatuation stage will not last forever.

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.

My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

We live too long for one marriage.

Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It's harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next.