Katha Pollitt Quotes

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

I just thought you only need to like a person to marry him, which's quite naive.

I have a very intense marriage.

In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known.

All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.

There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more.

Marriage: love, honor, and negotiate.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

You have to want to be married to someone. You have to feel that reciprocated. Marriage for marriage's sake doesn't make any sense to me, and I found someone with whom I could put my money where my mouth is, I guess.

I'm considering getting married again. I've not lost faith in that institution. I'm older; I'm smarter. I'm no longer searching for something to complete me... and therefore I'm now able to find someone to be a partner with.

I really take pride in the relationship that I have with my husband.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

I think what makes our marriage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.

It's such a lovely feeling to be in love, to marry the person you love and finally to be with that person. I feel the romance should never go out of any marriage. Even after one has had kids, etc. Love never ends, na?

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Marriage gives you a new respect for a person.

I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it is a one plus one equals more than two.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.