you say
we were never
meant for this vowed life,
golden bands of only us, and death
do us part. you
say love like it's held in quotation marks,
that this union soured before
it started.

Conflict arises when you look for happiness IN someone instead of WITH someone. That small distinction can end up being the difference between love & hate.

Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won't make life perfect but she'll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that's in you.

Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination of people not to live without it.

Love is a feeling, marriage is a contract, and relationships are work.

In real life, couples bond and war over a million different things. The causes of divorce are like beautiful, unique snowflakes.