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Quotes of the Day for 3 June 2005 – Marriage
There's going to be a wedding tomorrow. Actually, there will be more weddings tomorrow than any other day this year. According to those in the know the first Saturday in June is the apex of connubial commencement, but I'm only thinking of Lauralee, a long-time subscriber who ties the knot tomorrow. Lauralee actually asked for quotes on nerves, but having been through this three times myself I don't think there's much hope for a relaxed wedding. I'll share one trick, though. When it starts to scare you, stare into the middle distance, take a slow deep breath through your nose, then exhale through pursed lips. Repeat four times, give your shoulders a little shake, and get back to the task at hand, knowing that nearly ten thousand quote lovers are wishing you the best.
The quotes:
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
- Andre Maurois, pseudonym of Émile Herzog, 1885 - 1967
A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.
- Ann Landers, 1918 - 2002
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.
- Barnett Brickner
Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.
- Irving Stone
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.
- Simone Signoret
I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
- Rita Rudner
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