Charlotte Caffey Quotes

In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you do.

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

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends and are interested in the same things, so it's natural to make music together.

I've always thought of, of a relationship with an actor to an audience as a marriage, you know. And a story, you know. And there are ups and downs, and you work through them, and you work with them.

I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.

Part of my purpose in my books has been to tell the complete story of a relationship and a marriage, not just to end with 'happily ever after,' leaving the protagonists at the altar or in bed... I wanted to show some of the complicated business of actually living a successful marriage.

Being in a band, you become each other's best friends as well as each other's worst enemies.

Marriage fascinates me: how we negotiate its span, how we change within it, how it changes itself, and why some relationships survive and others do not. There isn't a single marriage that couldn't provide enough narrative arc for a novel.

I've never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn't over yet.

A married couple that plays cards together is just a fight that hasn't started yet.

Not everyone wants to know everything their partner did. Maybe it's enough to say, "Things aren't going well in our marriage. I've made mistakes. I don't think you've been a good partner to me. How do we go forward together?" I think there's a different answer for every couple. But I think intimacy is asking that question.

When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

Of course, there would always be arguments. That is the nature of Woman. They like the mutual exchange of dirty laundry, a bit of screaming, a bit of dramatics. Then an exchange of vows.

Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you’ll always figure out a way to get through it.

[Marriage] is the merciless revealer, the great white searchlight turned on the darkest places of human nature.

Communication is the root of marital success from which a strong union can grow, and noncommunicatio n is the rock on which the ship will bash out her keel.

Fang and I are always fighting. When we get up in the morning, we don't kiss; we touch gloves.

In every relationship, sooner or later, there is a court scene. Accusations, counter-accusations, a trial, a verdict.

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it's the biggest career decision you can make.

Marriage can be complicated.