List of Merle Shain Quotes

But Who Would Rush At A Benighted Man, And Give Him Two Black Eyes For Being Blind?

Our Times Are Obsessed With Finding Fulfillment, So There Are Times When Some People Try Too Hard, And There Are People Who Want To Have The Newest Feelings Just As There Are Those Who Want To Have The Latest Model Car. You Can't Play At Love Any More Than You Can Be Proud Of Your Humility, Or Add Water To Your Perfume And Have It Smell The Same, But Men And Women Both Have Been Known To Try.

The Dream Of Romantic Love Is Taken More Seriously In North America Than It Is Anywhere Else In The World, Which Is Why We Believe In Fidelity And Why We Believe In Infidelity As Well. It Is Also, Of Course, What Makes Our Divorce Rate As High As It Is. Falling In Love At First Sight And Instant Gratification Are Part Of The World In Which We Live, So There Are People Who Believe Adamantly In Fidelity. They Just Don't Believe In It For Long.

One Can't Run In A Park Without A Dog Or Make Angels In The Snow Without A Child And There Are Things One Can't Do Without A Lover, So The Loss Of The Lover Is Like An Amputation And The Patient Goes Into Shock.

The Act Is Unjustifiable That Either Begs For A Blessing, Or, Having Succeeded Gives No Thanksgiving.

It Takes A Lot Of Mulch, Love Does, To Create A Froth.

There Are Problems Connected With Infidelity And Problems Connected With Being Faithful At Any Cost, And I Am For Letting Those Concerned Choose The Problems They'd Prefer. There Need Not Be One Rule For All. Infidelity Is Enlarging And Fragmenting And Very Very Dangerous, But It Has Been Known To Retrieve People As Well As Marriages, So It Can't Be Only Bad.

There Are No Perfect Men Of Course, But Some Are More Perfect Than Others, And We Can Use All Of Those We Can Get.

Compassion Is The Thing That Leads You Gently Back To Yourself.

There Are Some Decisions In Life That Only You Can Make.

Marriage Is Supposed To Do Everything, Like Duz, Which Is More Than Half Its Problem. It Is Said To Save Us, Define Us, Give Us Purpose, Keep Us From Loneliness, And Incidentally Balance Our Diet And Wash Our Socks, And When It Doesn't, We Get Divorced.

Each Of Us Is A Seed, A Silent Promise, And It Is Always Spring.