“It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.”
Stendhal (1783–1842) French writer
Fragments, sec. 10
De L'Amour (On Love) (1822)
On her husband, Seal, as quoted in "Heidi Klum's Risqué Story of Falling for Seal" by Mike Fleeman in People (24 October 2007)
“It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.”
Stendhal (1783–1842) French writer
Fragments, sec. 10
De L'Amour (On Love) (1822)
Liza Minnelli (1946) American actress and singer
October 6, 2007 St. Petersburg Times by Shannon Breen.ď
Shreya Ghoshal (1984) Indian playback singer
A romantic voice http://www.mid-day.com/articles/jab-we-met-shreya/64865
Heidi Klum (1973) German model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and actress
Discussing staying romantic in a marriage with children. Quoted by Jennifer Weiner in InStyle, February 2010.
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017) author
Source: On her tough marriage https://www.zikoko.com/life/oldies/9-thought-provoking-quotes-from-the-literary-icon-buchi-emecheta/.
Gordon Brown (1951) British Labour Party politician
Gordon Brown's Last official words as Prime Minister http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/11/gordon-brown-resignation-speech<br>Speech for a , 17 September 2014 <br class="br">Prime Minister <br class="br">Context: Above all, I want to thank Sarah for her unwavering support as well as her love, and for her own service to our country. I thank my sons John and Fraser for the love and joy they bring to our lives. And as I leave the second most important job I could ever hold, I cherish even more the first – as a husband and father. Thank you and goodbye.
“If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.”
Tamora Pierce book Shatterglass
Source: Shatterglass
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Ik moet iets hebben naast man en kinderen waar ik me aan wijden kan! O ja, ik wil niet zoals de meeste mensen voor niets geleefd hebben. Ik wil van nut of plezier zijn voor de mensen, die om mij heen leven en die mij toch niet kennen.
5 April 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
“Sometimes I say I have two boys at home — I have my young son and I have my husband.”
Melania Trump (1970) Slovenian model, wife of Donald Trump and First Lady of the United States
Interview with Anderson Cooper http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/17/politics/melania-trump-interview/ (October 17, 2016)