Wifely Quotes & Sayings
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Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the estate of wife? — Hilary Mantel

Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: 'When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion. — Richard Dawkins

Honor, obey?" Gisbourne shouted, grappling with John. "This is what you call being a good wife?"
I stopped. "I never said I'd be a good wife, Guy. Just that I'd marry you. — A.C. Gaughen

Mrs Carey sighted as a woman but obey as a wife. — W. Somerset Maugham

He had felt proud and happy then, happy that she was his, proud of her grace and wifely carriage. — James Joyce

To go where no man has gone before, follow the steps of Jesus. — Matshona Dhliwayo

By the love I bear you, do not fear to speak to me of them." I drew myself to my full height. "I would always rather have to do with spiky truth than with comfortable lies. Always."
I held out my right hand to him and he smiled and took it in his. "I give you my word, Lanen Kaelar," he said, the beauty of that deep warm voice threatening to break down my hard-won self-control. "Always the spiky truth. — Elizabeth Kerner

Tonight you need to learn about your duties."
I know my duty, I wanted to say, but followed her silently. I had borne Aunt Telomache's preaching for years; it couldn't get any worse now.
"Your wifely duties," she added, opening the door to my room, and I realized that it could get infinitely worse. — Rosamund Hodge

This was it. Together. Forever. As we left it all behind, the sun warmed my back, lighting the way before us. I knew of no better omen. — Becca Fitzpatrick

Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts. And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace ... — Frank Borman

You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going. — Morgan Wootten

Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you. — Augustine Of Hippo

Are you fucking someone else?"
"We haven't spoken in weeks." I grit my teeth. "I haven't seen you in weeks, and this is the first thing you ask me? How about, 'Hello, Gillian. It's been a long time since we last spoke. How are you?'"
"Hello, Gillian." He mocks me, locking his eyes on mine. "It's been a long time since we last spoke. How are you?" He doesn't give me a chance to answer. "Are you fucking someone else? — Whitney G.

There's a real fantasy quotient to my work. Any play that I've written for myself to perform in basically begins with the idea, "Wouldn't it be fun to be, say, Jean Harlow in a pre-code movie?" — Charles Busch

He wants to lie down like a couple? That's fine - this can be his first experience with the wifely cold shoulder. Welcome to married life, Raahosh. — Ruby Dixon

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete — John Steinbeck

I have your back. I didn't mean only when it's easy. All the time. — Ann Aguirre

My noble father,
I do perceive here a divided duty.
To you I am bound for life and education.
My life and education both do learn me
How to respect you. You are the lord of my duty,
I am hitherto your daughter. But here's my husband,
And so much duty as my mother showed
To you, preferring you before her father,
So much I challenge that I may profess
Due to the Moor my lord. — William Shakespeare

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred. — Sonny Bono

Always being there was the essential secret for a wife. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

Perhaps if I had made his life more difficult, he would have written less, or less freely. I cannot claim to be the midwife to genius, but if I have not facilitated,I have at least not, as many women might have done, prevented. This is a very small virtue to claim, a very negative achievement to hang my whole life on. — A.S. Byatt

A wife's power is not to prove her husband but rather to improve him. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

I believe that theology is facing the abyss.
I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189) — Mev Puleo

They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans. — David Ortiz

Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive, but as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing with masculine ignorance that peace would soon be restored. — Louisa May Alcott

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive. — Willem Dafoe