... and when she considered how peculiarly unlucky poor Mr. Elton was in being in the same room at once with the woman he had just married, the woman he had wanted to marry, and the woman whom he had been expected to marry, she must allow him to have the right to look as little wise, and to be as much affectedly, and as little really, easy as could be.
Jane Austen: Emma
But in order to get married, I needed a job, and in order to get a job, I needed a Ph.D.
Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time
We hebben er ooit een jurist naar laten kijken, die ons een hypothetisch (en hilarisch) scenario voorhield om de zaken wat dat erven betreft zo goed mogelijk tussen ons drieën te regelen. In dat scenario zouden eerst mijn vriendin en haar man moeten scheiden, dan moesten mijn vriendin en ik trouwen, vervolgens moesten wij weer scheiden en moesten de man van mijn vriendin en ik met elkaar trouwen.
Jan (Stichting Polyamorie): Wat vinden politieke partijen van polyamorie?
I have become a strange thing. I have become a wife.
Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl
In the early 1960s, a full 76 percent of women admitted they would be willing to marry someone they didn't love. However, only 35 percent of the men said they would do the same.
Aziz Ansari: Modern Romance
