We marry to grow up, to escape our parents and to inherit our share of the world, not knowing who we are and who we will become, so it is left to marriage to make it clear which ones of us are growing in the same directions and which are ships meant to have passed in the night.
Merle ShainYou can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are cynical about love.
Merle ShainOne can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.
Merle ShainOur times are obsessed with finding fulfillment, so there are times when some people try too hard, and there are people who want to have the newest feelings just as there are those who want to have the latest model car. You can't play at love any more than you can be proud of your humility, or add water to your perfume and have it smell the same, but men and women both have been known to try.
Merle Shain