marriages do not take root in the presence of witnesses but only in the consciousness of the persons involved.

Love in its early stages rarely maintains a level, it always seems to be growing or diminishing.

marriages do not take root in the presence of witnesses but only in the consciousness of the persons involved.

To have a reputation for being noble, she thought, is more confining than to be known as a wit. On the rare days when a comedian has no jokes, people pardon the lapse. There is no forgiving a saint's occasional day of sin.

Marriage is a sleepy guard to which one confides one's dearest treasure, love.