The Wedding Quotes
"It's heartbreaking to think that your wife may not love you."
"Had the marriage turned out to be a disappointment for Jane?"
"What, I wondered, had led us to feel so differently about each other?"
"I suppose I must begin by saying that many people would consider our lives fairly ordinary."
"Despite my feelings for Jane, I sometimes think we’re an unlikely pair to have spent a life together."
"While Jane has been blessed with the most tender of hearts, in many ways she’s stronger than I am."
"I suppose that some of our differences stem from our respective upbringings."
"Quite simply, Jane didn’t want us to end up like the elderly couples we sometimes saw when dining out."
"Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day."
"But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime."
"I think I could have handled it a little better."
"You try getting up before the sun, especially when it’s raining."
"I’m just thinking about heading back to school."
"You were just lucky I was so patient with you."
"What I meant to say was that I think I love you."
"You are very special to me, but . . . you see, the thing is . . ."
"I’ll be really happy if you can find a caterer."
"I’m glad we stopped, too, even if we don’t get to have dinner here."
"How could I forget? You bought me diamond earrings."
"I don’t know. I guess I would have tried to enjoy it more while it was happening."
"I’m not asking you to believe. I’m asking you to come with me to church."
"Marriage is about compromise; it’s about doing something for the other person, even when you don’t want to."
"Waiting is always the worst part of a crisis like this, and I’ve come to despise hospitals for this very reason."
"Nothing is happening, yet the mind whirls with ever darkening images, subconsciously preparing for the worst."
"I’m sure she would help me, but when her gaze turned toward the family again, I heard her exhale."
"Because you believe it, too. She was there when I woke up, you know."
"You’ll always be the most dignified man I’ve ever known."
"I know they mean well, but all that hovering is enough to drive me crazy."
"But you know better, don’t you, Wilson?"
"I’m just a little dizzy. The doctor said I should be up and around in a couple of days."
"I can’t imagine a better start to the weekend."
"Gifts of the heart can’t be claimed by anyone except the giver."
"It’s always been a big deal," I continued. "But I’m not sorry only about that."
"No," I said. "It’s nice to be away from it for a while."
"I love you, Jane, and I’m the luckiest man in the world to have you."
"We used to do that at my parents’ house, remember? When we’d sit on the porch?"
"This wedding’s been all she can talk about lately."
"You and the kids are the most important people in the world to me—you always have been."
"If you asked me to retire right now, I would."
"Welcome home, darling. Your surprise awaits you inside. . . ."
"The first task is simple: Please blow out the candles downstairs, and follow the rose petals to the bedroom."
"I once made a vow to you on the steps outside the courthouse, and as your husband of thirty years, it’s time I finally made another."
"After thirty years, it's the least I can do."
"I couldn’t have dreamed of anything better than what you did tonight."
"If you had to do it all over—and knowing how everything would turn out with us—would you marry me again?"