Charlotte Perkins Gilman on marriage

If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression,⁠—a slight hysterical tendency,⁠—what is one to do?

Personally I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good.

John is a physician, and perhaps⁠—(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)⁠—perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster.

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

Amy Bloomborn 1953

• Love

Basically my wife was immature. I’d be at home in my bath and she’d come in and sink my boats.

Woody Allenborn 1935Standup Comic (1999)

• Comedy

My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not you’ll become a philosopher.

Socrates470–399 BC

• Philosophy