Famous quotes containing the words temporary and/or marriage:
“... spinsterhood [is considered to be] an abnormality of small proportions and small consequence, something like an extra finger or two on the body, presumably of temporary duration, and never of any social significance.”
—Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)
“the marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor’s knot.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)