But he fell gradually in love and began to speculate wildly on marriage.
I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.
You were in love when you married her, and if you’re in love once, you can be in love again…You’re just not trying hard enough!
The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.
Marriage, each of them realised intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other.
I love you more than I hate everything else.
The two of you, there’s something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything – the way you look at each other, the way she relaxes when you put your hand on her back, the way you both seem to know what the other is always thinking, it’s always struck me as extraordinary. That’s another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I’m not sure I’ve found it yet. I’m not sure I ever will. And with love like that, they say anything’s possible, right?
I really don’t see what is so romantic about proposing. One may be accepted – one usually is, I believe – and then the excitement is ended. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
Blood of my Blood,' he whispered, 'and bone of my bone. You carry me within ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens, You are mine, always, if ye will it or no, if ye want me or nay. Mine, and I wilna let ye go.'
Healthy dependence is the essence of romantic love.
I think we ought to live happily ever after, and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. It should be hair-raising,' added Howl. 'And you'll exploit me,' Sophie said. 'And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.'
See, a marriage needs love. And God. And a little money. That’s all. The rest you can deal with. It’s not about black or white.