Quote by P. G. [Sir Pelham Grenville] Wod

Marriage isn't a process of prolonging the life of love, but of mummifying the corpse.

Marriage isn't a process of prolonging the life of love, but

Summary

This quote suggests that marriage does not revive or sustain love, but rather preserves it in a stagnant state. It implies that the initial passion and excitement of love eventually fade away within a marriage, leaving only a lifeless and preserved version of what once was. The quote may be interpreted as a cynical view of marriage, challenging the notion that it is a source of eternal love and happiness.

Topics

Marriage

By P. G. [Sir Pelham Grenville] Wod

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I'm a terrible salesman, he finally said. I always tell the

I'm a terrible salesman, he finally said. I always tell the truth about what I'm selling, and then nobody buys it.

Orson Scott Card

Truth

That in the beginning when the world was young there were a

That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.

Sherwood Anderson

Truth

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwar

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Benjamin Franklin

Marriage

Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute nec

Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.

Truth

Every eye sees its own special vision, every ear hears a mos

Every eye sees its own special vision, every ear hears a most different song. In each man's troubled heart, an incision would reveal a unique, shameful wrong. Stranger fiends hide here in human guise than reside in the valleys of Hell. But goodness, kindness and love arise in the heart of the poor beast, as well.

Dean Koontz, The Book of Counted

Humanity

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.

Bernard Berenson

Truth

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Success

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry

But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Poetry

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

Funny

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it with.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, es

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

Felix Frankfurter

Gratitude

The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that w

The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature.