Dorothy Canfield Fisher Quotes

Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.

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

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him.

My wife and I love each other very much.

Don't marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.

Part of being married is knowing when your husband needs your support.

I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell.

I think that you can get more passionate about somebody the longer you're with them and the more you know them and the more you go through together. Being married is definitely better than it's cracked up to be I think.

I'm endlessly fascinated by parenting, marriage, my wife and the ins and outs of marriage.

My best friend is my husband.

The wonderful thing about my husband is that we are very good at being independent.

Now I am married to a man who is a partner and friend. We come from similar backgrounds and share values and interests. It is a continual source of pleasure to talk to him.

I always say about my husband, no matter what what we're going through in life, I would rather hang out with him more than any other person.

When I get married, I think what matters is you should be happy with the person you are living with.

Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Friendship is all about trust and sharing. Passionate and romantic love is all about sex and emotions. You have to try to combine those, I think. The great marriages, the great couples I know, have both.

I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we have a lot in common even though we're admittedly different people. I think it evolves from how I see relationships working. You know, the opposites attract thing happens all the time, but so does the best friends thing. It's just a great kind of relationship in fiction.

... talk, not sex, constitutes most of the intercourse between a man and his wife.

My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've been attracted to other people, and I couldn't stand 'em after a while.

I desperately loved my husband and I wanted to share everything together, and I thought that we were a very good team.

There is no association richer than the companionship of husband and wife.

I want to be with my best friend. My best friend, my wife. Who could ask for anything more?

She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.