Glennon Doyle Melton Quotes

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.

I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be.

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

You have to want to be married to someone. You have to feel that reciprocated. Marriage for marriage's sake doesn't make any sense to me, and I found someone with whom I could put my money where my mouth is, I guess.

People today expect too much from marriage. Getting married is really like taking on a big new job.

There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

I think when you're looking for a lifetime partnership, intimacy is obviously a part of that.

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

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

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage.

I was never a girl who thought about getting married. Being in a relationship wasn't my priority.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.