Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

I'm probably not long-term-relationship material for now.

I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.

I think I'd want to have an affair with a Montgomery but marry a Taggert.

When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

I feel that I've grown up a little bit and I'm actually ready to settle down.

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.

In our youths, many of us suspected that being tied down to a partner and family might constrain us. But after 40, even that landscape starts to shift. Many singletons turn inward and start longing for the things so many of us longed to be free of in our 20s.

Before I proposed to my now-wife, I was understandably nervous. My father suggested that I take stock of all of my experiences and relationships with women, from my earliest memories to present day, and see if I had learned anything that might inform my decision.

I've had four amazing men in my life, very strong, powerful, wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again.

Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner.

When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

I was not always someone who wanted to get married or thought I would get married, so being a true writer, I was always navel-gazing: 'What are good marriages? What are bad marriages?'

People change their positions all the time, the way they change their wives.

Surely, marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying. I've made my choice, and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door, and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected.

I guess that feeling of wanting to settle down and have children will follow when you find the right one.

I need to find the right guy and the right family. The day I find something worth my while, I will get married and have kids, too.

Really getting married, settling down, and having a kid - that was the biggest thing for me. I realized, this little girl that came into my life, that I created with my wife, and how special is that?

I'm sure I acted differently after I got married, I know I did. But... people get married and things change. It doesn't mean that the band has to break up.

I've been married three times. I married the girl next door when I was 22, and I wasn't a good husband, but I wasn't a good anything then. Nowadays, I'm much kinder.

Well, my heart finally found a home when I married Connie Smith, and I was tired of feeling bad. And it was time to grow up and get on with life.

I think the mistake some people make is they try to change the man they love after they get married. You cannot change a person.

I feel it's very important to build your foundation first before sharing your relationship with the world.