Marrage Quotes

“I'm never going to get married."
"You're crazy." Buddy brightened. "You'll change your mind."
"No. My mind's made up.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Love is not the reason for marriage.

Because you have to love EVERYBODY then marry one people out of the people you love. Therefore Love cannot be the reason for the marriage.”
― Chidi Ejeagba

“UNTIL DEATH DO US PART"

How & when did this enter our marriage tradition?

Can it still be practical?

Are there differences between the society which birthed the ‘Until death do us part’ worldview and that of contemporary society today?

Contrasting the past with the present is important because man as an evolving being cannot survive with a static culture.

The time this tradition was formed and now is not the same

The society this tradition was meant for and this society is not the same.

the knowledge base of the time this tradition was made is very limited.

The life expectancy of both men and women at the time of this tradition is very different from what we have now.

When we evolve, we should have the courage to transform primitive culture into our time. if we don't do this intentionally, the problems that this culture will create will force us to.

it is either we evolve in peace or we evolve in pieces. our choice.”
― Chidi Ejeagba

“Maybe that’s what makes a marriage last, he thinks. Memories made of electricity and rock music and hot sand between the toes and dance parties and beach days and moments that cannot be stuffed into words.”
― Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev, Of All Things Sacred