“I revolted against this marriage of convenience, this marriage for money and wanted to marry only for love, out of a great passion.”

“The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.”

“Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.”

“The marriage of convenience has this to recommend it: we are better judges of convenience than we are of love.”

“Gay marriage should be legalized in america because gay men are the only men who want to be married.”

“"If you want to do something great in the world, do not get married, remain single… One may get married after he had accomplished something great in this world." Yet this great man who advised against marriage, was the happiest of men at the fireside of his family.”

“Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash.”

“Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.”

“There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love.”

“There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.”