Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what you think.

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.

What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness!

Often, marriage was solitude, with company.

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.

I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

I always wanted to get married. I was very drawn to the idea of a partner with whom you went through life, a mate who was always in your corner.

Everybody dates these days. Like you get to know someone before you end up getting married, committing for a lifetime relationship. So dating is cool, date as much as you want, get to know the person.

You know what they say - love is blind.

[I have] been in love with one princess or another almost all my life, and I hope I shall go on so, till I die, being firmly persuaded, that if ever I do a mean action, it must be in some interval betwixt one passion and another.

I do wanna get married. It just sounds great. You get to go grocery shopping together, rent videos, and the kissing and the hugging and the kissing and the hugging under the cozy covers. Mmmm! But sometimes I worry that I don't wanna get married as much as I want to get dipped in a vat of warm, rising bread dough. That might feel pretty good, too.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

In love we are all fools alike.

You have to believe in marriage and you have to believe in a relationship between two people. If you really think in your life that you have found the right person, you have to stick to it, even though there are ups and downs. If you really believe in your union, you have to nourish it and work for it, then you can really spend your life together forever.

We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.

I thought it was interesting when [Bill Clinton] said, I married my best friend, because people are always asking, what is the nature of their marriage.

That's why God created marriage, so people wouldn't have to fight with strangers.

Marriage is the most advanced form of warfare in the modern world.

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.

Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man's manners.

Some men have no idea how to romance a woman. However, women who teach their husbands what they like will be well-rewarded.