| 单词 | marriage |
| 例句 | “I had a duty to my father and my people. There was a secret marriage pact.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In their first days of marriage, the newlyweds are happy as can be, even though Jo has no idea how to keep house—“Its an absolute farce,” she writes her sister Mien. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So much for thinking her father would return to arrange a marriage for her! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He would wait until after the marriage, until the business side of their relationship was finished. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He heard the voice of the woman created by a marriage that had its own surprises and labyrinths, its own shadows and secret minotaurs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Wu Tsing had been joined in tyandi, heaven and earth, so theirs was a spiritual marriage arranged by a matchmaker, ordered by his parents, and protected by the spirits of their ancestors. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Representing the marriage of old-world traditions with the apple-pie aspirations of the new country, she took crown after crown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And she deeply resented the fact that Bloom could jeopardize their fragile marriage in this way. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Minerva at twenty-nine was considered beyond all hope of marriage by old-fashioned people like my sister Patria. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If a young couple had a relationship in Congo, there was an end goal—marriage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I mean, I don’t want to read too much into things, but wow: I meet a cute boy, and five seconds later, I’m in the middle of a flash mob marriage proposal? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Their marriage so young, yet already it was easier to say what they’d said before. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She started to tell him something Babi had said, about the troublesome marriage of guns and ego, when she heard a commotion coming from the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z That means they can fight lions, go to war, and have all of the privileges of adulthood except marriage, which Dinka men traditionally put off until they are about age thirty. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Against my will, I had arrived at that age when a young girl began to acquire those skills she would need to manage her own household after marriage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She would be bound to him by ties deeper than marriage. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I was like someone who for twelve years had had an inseparable, beautiful marriage— and then suddenly one morning at breakfast the marriage partner had thrust across the table some divorce papers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma always says you guys were an arranged marriage,” I say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It is not possible to say how many cross-class marriages there are. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He had been worrying about this ever since those months in 1838 when he contemplated marriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A public pregnancy without marriage meant disgrace and destitution. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a photograph of his mother, not the one John liked and had seen only once, but one taken immediately after her marriage. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When Elizabeth Cady Stanton found out about the marriage, she wrote Douglass a letter of congratulations. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I want to do one of those marriage renewal things I’ve read about. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “You forgot to say about the marriage bed.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita’s marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was usually through marriage, but I had a third cousin, once removed, in Portland too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The thought of marriage and of Emma terrified him and gave him serious headaches. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “After twenty years of marriage, I think I know how you like your spinach.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Behind the desk, a whiteboard was propped on a wall, venues and dates of intended marriages written on it in blue; a name at the bottom caught his eye. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His deceit was a form of tribute to the importance of their marriage. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He encourages Theo to marry her, or at least to think of it as a marriage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Our parents had decided to put an end to their calamitous marriage, and Father shipped us home to his mother. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If I may put it this way, sir, it is a little akin to the custom as regards marriages. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The first year of their marriage was marked by uncommon prosperity and joy, but it was also their last. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a splendid marriage and he thought of ambition only, never of love or of gratitude. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Did marriage compel love like the sun the day? Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They were an older couple, both CPAs, on their second marriages. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Fin went to pick it up and asked, “Do you think Kaihan objected to his marriage?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If only she could have had some common sense, she would have been glad of his marriage, as such a connection would have been profitable for her and the children, too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had to be practical—she likely had just wanted to have an impassioned discussion about the evils of arranged marriages and controlling parents and was disappointed it wasn’t coming to fruition. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “When all this is over, please get some counsel from Padre de Jesus. Faith can strengthen a marriage. And I want you both to be happy together.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In time she would reveal the disappointment of her marriage, and he his. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her marriage to Léonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of Fate. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z After everything she had done to atone for her crime, after she had turned her marriage into an arctic wasteland and allowed a surgeon to tie her fallopian tubes, consanguinity wasn’t finished with her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The marriage of the two cosmonauts received much interest, as did their daughter, Elena, the first child of parents who had both been exposed to space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Her marriage to Adam had been the same. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Why didn't my mom bite the bullet and enter into a fake marriage to get us green cards faster? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was her marriage that she couldn’t put on the line. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Work kept her busy, and she and Laxmi had begun having lunch together at a new Indian restaurant around the comer, during which Laxmi reported the latest status of her cousin’s marriage. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Nothing was said of the master’s marriage, and I saw no preparation going on for such an event. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Hard hands and no sense of humor makes for a bad marriage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Immediately following marriage they rented a shack in one of the squalid yards of the ghetto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “We agreed on everything, and I’d say it remained that way pretty much through our marriage. He still says to me sometimes, ‘We were the best team ever.’ Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And then she spoke quietly about Ted’s future, his need to concentrate on his medical studies, why it would be years before he could even think about marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The alliance is to be sealed by a marriage, it says. In return for Dome’s help overthrowing die Usurper, my brother Viserys is to take Prince Doran’s daughter Arianne for his queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And yet, at the same time, he was strangely calm—in the moment that his marriage was effectively severed he was on solid ground with her for the first time in months. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her brother’s marriage plunged her into uncertainty, because she feared that this would be yet another reason for Esteban to keep his distance, and he was her only comfort and support. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her new marriage would soon be drenched in blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No quarrels or differences of opinion—but hardly an ideal marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Comrade Nomzamo and myself contracted our marriage at a critical time in the struggle for liberation in our country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, you didn’t. Grandma told me that it was an arranged marriage. Wasn’t it strange marrying someone you didn’t know?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Starry and I have heard how our parents met before their marriage, chaperoned by our grandparents in Ma's living room. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had also been through two marriages at that point, one to a girl from Odessa, the other to a girl from Houston, and then an unexpected element entered his life: his son Don. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very well—and this offer of marriage you have refused?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z There had been a ban on such marriages, and a district judge had issued an injunction not to enforce it, but a stay had been placed on that injunction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The neighbors were shocked but Mary knew that marriage was the best thing that could happen to her highly sexed daughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A news chyron on the same network had referred to me as “Obama’s Baby Mama,” conjuring clichéd notions of black-ghetto America, implying an otherness that put me outside even my own marriage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It comes from being in a position to seize opportunity from the happy marriage of time, place, and chance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But of course we never mentioned love or marriage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We decided on Newcastle because we know people there and London is too hot right now, too many marriages happening in London, yeah, so we don’t want trouble,” one of them said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I had seen her only once since her marriage, and since then a year had passed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In sound of funeral or of marriage bells; New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z He believed that her destiny was marriage and a brilliant life in society, where the ability to converse with the dead, if kept on a frivolous level, could be an asset. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Any marriage in violation of this section shall be void. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I let it go again because celebrating my parents’ marriage after everything with his parents was maybe too much for him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The marriage and the decision to spend a few months in Macondo to please his wife had obliged him to postpone it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Before our marriage, she had moved in circles of relative wealth and comfort, a life very different from the often hand-to- mouth existence of the freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why get divorced now after seventy years of marriage? Why not last it out? Why now?” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was there, after performing a series of blood tests, that the doctor in charge of Bibi’s case, exasperated, concluded that a marriage would cure her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Their marriage, she understood after Carl was gone, had largely been about sex. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Womanlike, she set about changing all those things in him after marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z These steps once rang to the sound of lovers footsteps, and beneath that broken dome marriages beyond count were sealed with a kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I pushed so hard to keep him from my thoughts that I fell into a marriage bed with him. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z First she inflamed the heart of Queen Amata, wife of Latinus, to oppose violently a marriage between her daughter and Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a good Jewish wife to him, but their marriage was starting to crumble because he didn’t care about her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the marriage had been contracted according to Osage custom, there was no need for a legal divorce, and they simply went their own ways. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the early years of their marriage, the Manns traveled around Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina, moving from one teaching job to another. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The emperor sent curacas, special men to take a census of the number of births and deaths and marriages that had taken place during the year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z That candle was a marriage bond that was worth more than a Catholic promise not to divorce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung kept his own counsel, therefore, only listening here and there in the tea shop when maids were spoken of, or men prosperous in the town who had daughters for marriage. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Were you about to have a sham marriage?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Bayard may have also had selfish reasons for opposing the marriage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In the air of the room were flies tumbling and singing, marrying and giving in marriage. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He sent home for her, writing his wife that he had arranged a great marriage for her, to Achilles, who had already shown himself the best and greatest of all chieftains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thirty-eight years old and had seen other marriages come undone in a way that made me feel protective of ours. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But it’s no longer possible to fly off to France for the year, now that she has a husband, a marriage, to consider. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Failure in any one of those essential respects can doom a marriage even if it has all the other ingredients needed for happiness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If Gottman observes one or both partners in a marriage showing contempt toward the other, he considers it the single most important sign that the marriage is in trouble. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s marriage to Octavia in 40 BCE gave the people of Rome a reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was not like my first marriage, where everything was arranged. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “But surely you do know what makes the prince so wild and mad lately. Some say it is his father’s untimely death, while others blame his mother’s hasty marriage.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Mommy once took me to Harlem to visit my stepsister, Jacqueline, whom we called Jack and who was my father’s daughter by a previous marriage and more like an aunt than a sister. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was silently offended by this approach to our marriage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Coming home from Rio San Juan, she had finally told him, crying as she did, that she could not continue with their marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My last doubts about the marriage flew from me like a flock of birds starting up from a field to be lost in the distance. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone discouraged my grandmother from breaking off her marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He had not explicitly told his wife that their marriage was over. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The next morning, I was still thinking about my marriage: fifteen years of living in Ted’s shadow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve gotten seven marriage proposals! One guy claims to be a billionaire Arab prince.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But all I got was Mr. D yelling, “Oh, a royal marriage. Trick! Trick!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Sourmelina’s parents tried to arrange her marriage but found no takers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So that marriage and the bed is not all by any means. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After that experience, she wasn't all that interested in pursuing any secret relationships, which was why marriage was her first real attempt at dating. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As I seem to be going through a period of reflection at the moment and letting my mind range over anything and everything, my thoughts have naturally turned to Father and Mother’s marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I was trying to be nice by congratulating you on your upcoming marriage!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She was always being swatted away by his girlfriends, who didn’t like having a reminder of his first marriage hanging around, but that only made her want to be with him all the more. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In adolescence, and until marriage, the darker members of the family will be kept out of the way when the friends of the fair or fairer members of the family are being entertained. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It is still accepted truth within the household that Woolner’s status has given her the upper hand in the marriage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My aunt Nancy, Joseph’s mother, the large woman who had run a bakery on the Lower East Side, now had a marriage brokerage business. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Blackwell, who was seven years younger than Stone, promised her that marriage did not have to involve submission of the wife to the husband. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In fact, say some of his friends, by the time he departed for Everest in 1996, Fischer’s marriage had been badly strained. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Boys his age didn’t play with girls—or not until they began the housekeeping games that led up to marriage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead of marriage I will be dedicated to my painting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He struggled to wear out his visions in the marriage bed, he struggled to awaken Deborah, for whom daily his hatred grew. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Of course I’m too young to be thinking of marriage. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Odysseus’ heart laughed when he heard all this—her sweet tones charming gifts out of the suitors with talk of marriage, though she intended none. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t ask Dedd any questions—Mama always said that what went on in her daughters’ marriages was their business. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the only reason I said anything was that sometimes marriages give people houses and sometimes they take them away. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z To him the terms of his parents’ marriage are something at once unthinkable and unremarkable; nearly all their friends and relatives had been married in the same way. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But quitting drinking didn’t save my marriage, because quitting drinking is only what it is: quitting drinking. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I also leave her one thousand dollars, as promised at the time of said marriage.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After the marriage, the decisions were made by Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even in the old days they didn’t make kids stick with these marriages if they didn’t like each other. They just drifted apart.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In time Hattie became reconciled to our marriage and used her connection to us to her best advantage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Their marriage had never been close; it was more of a working partnership. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “She needs someone to take care of her and her house, and you need a house to live in. It would be a marriage of convenience.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Father with Parkinson's, A new marriage completed, Though hardly a new mother. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor can all that transpires in the wider culture—from Stonewall to Will & Grace to Brokeback Mountain to Glee to a U.S. president declaring his support for legalized gay marriage—change every mind in Levittown. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands’ parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is “taking a daughter-in-law.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to will a good marriage into being. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The mullah gave a few blessings, said a few words about the importance of marriage. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “My lord father—” “Your father is a castellan, not a lord. And a castellan has no right to make marriage pacts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then she turned to the pages where the family names were written in a long column with places to the right for dates of birth, marriage, and death. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The matchmaker lighted both ends and announced, “The marriage has begun.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been the politeness of his marriage, the elaborate courtesy of the double bed, he had suffered from the cold gap between his permitted behaviour, and his desires. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And when I say that it is certainly true, that our marriage is over, I know what else she will say: “Then you must save it.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Their educational attainments were noted, marriages followed, illnesses tabulated, psychological health charted, and every promotion and job change dutifully recorded. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The marriage of princess and prince, both struck with love, would have proceeded unhindered — for my grandfather the King approved the match — had a prince of another kingdom not jealously desired my mother. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A photograph of her father dominated the first page—a studio portrait taken in 1922, the year of his marriage to the young Indian rodeo rider Miss Florence Buckskin. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t talked much about her marriage, and he hadn’t pressed her on it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Our relatives regularly went to him for advice on their businesses, rocky marriages, or dysfunctional relationships with their children. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I sincerely hoped she didn’t mean this sort of thing went on in a marriage. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Or that their marriage had been arranged years earlier? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Our church was filled with unmarried women who had placed home-baked casseroles, bread puddings, and cakes in Big Ma’s arms so Pa would know they were good cooks and available for marriage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In the first years of their marriage, he had tried to tell Mae about these conclusions, but all she said was, “I can imagine.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After about a year of marriage, I became pregnant with our first child. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I never lost my respect and admiration for her, but in the end, we could not make our marriage work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Above all, the music of this period was characterised - as were the contemporary sciences - by a powerful marriage of imagination and ambition. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Anyway, when the marriage went south, his dad went north. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad taught that no marriage could succeed where the woman did not look up with respect to the man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One night during his marriage, Volpe went to a bar in the town of New Hope, a gay mecca in Bucks County. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And it is only when you are willing, finally, to fly down and pick through the bones that you can check if the marriage is actually dead. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He also warned her against love and marriage, with the same insolence with which he insisted that Jaime should find a decent girl and settle down because he was turning into a hopeless bachelor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Camellia, this is an important time in our kingdom. The marriage of my daughter is on the horizon." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z For example, I didn’t know anything about what it was like when she was a kid, or how she met Grandpa, or what their marriage was like, or why he left. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z That day I started to think about how I would escape this marriage without breaking my promise to my family. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This happened to my first marriage, to Marvin Chen, with whom I had eloped when I was eighteen and he was nineteen. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not much of a coincidence, since most of the royal houses of Europe at the time were interconnected by a web of political marriages. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He wrote to his brother-in-law Jos that the marriage gave him great happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Barack had experienced marriage as ephemeral: His mother had married twice, divorced twice, and in each instance managed to move on with her life, career, and young children intact. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Back home in Africa, the grandparents of her fiance arranged to give our grandparents sixteen cows in exchange for Adele's hand in marriage, per tradition. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It came as no surprise to her, in the first year of her marriage, to learn that Ned had fathered a child on some girl chance met on campaign. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dedicated to her career, she had put off marriage until she was well into her forties. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Scars of old beatings from an old marriage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was forbidden in her marriage to open up her husband’s wounds and look at them unless he asked her to. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That was no good omen for our marriage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Each had two failed marriages and two children. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z So they knew each other for fourteen days before their first marriage, and twenty-three years before their second marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They had walked side by side through graduate school and marriage, children and the move to Newport News. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The magistrate's imperial connection was only by his son's marriage—not considered strong enough to claim a dragon! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This wasn’t just an arranged marriage to Rishi; this was the rich fabric of history, stretched through time and space. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They work side by side, read, and talk—about art, and also about love, and marriage—with all its benefits and drawbacks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I never comprehended their marriage. It’s alchemy. Do you?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “If it weren’t for you children and our differences over discipline, we would have the happiest marriage possible. All of our fights are over the children.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Education and marriage and medical treatment are secondary now, Ghalib,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He remembered their marriage when they were young and happy and stupid and unable to keep their hands off each other. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “But can you think that Lydia is so lost to everything but love of him as to consent to live with him on any terms other than marriage?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Since Ifemelu came back, he found himself seeking stories of men who had left their marriages, and willing the stories to end well, the children more contented with separated parents than with married unhappy parents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Floss was sewing on another costume, one of white satin intended for her delayed marriage to Frank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you asking? Why would I want to go out with you if it doesn’t involve marriage as the end result?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Charles wrote about this incident in his account of the voyage, which would be published soon after his marriage to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Church, Catholic, or Protestant; that she’d never walk out on a church marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Almost nightly, in fact. That you refuse to accept that your marriage is over—” “That is simply not true!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The American colonies passed laws barring people convicted of crimes from a wide variety of jobs and benefits, automatically dissolving their marriages and denying them the right to enter contracts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But just because your parents’ marriage imploded doesn’t mean you can’t be happy with a boy.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Anthony tried to explain Phillips’s action by suggesting that “he is a man and can not put himself in the position of a wife; can not feel what she does under the present marriage code.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Many corporations required prospective employees to submit to phrenological examinations as a condition of employment, and many couples contemplating marriage sought the advice of phrenologists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Said it would be a marriage in name only. I’d just be his housekeeper. He made it clear he didn’t love me or anything, and said of course I didn’t love him. ‘ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With the same disregard for name changes by marriage that the black people of Medallion always showed, each flat slab had one word carved on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In effect, the society was divided into hereditary chief and commoner classes, with Hawaiian chiefs themselves subdivided into eight hierarchically ranked lineages, each concentrating its marriages within its own lineage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only reason they got involved in speed-dating is that they once had an argument at a party about the relative merits of arranged marriages and love marriages. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Was it wise to remain here with a seventeen-year-old girl eager for marriage and a mother equally anxious to have her marry me? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerks were very nasty and no one wanted to write up our paperwork, but we didn’t let those fools ruin our marriage. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But for some reason, my body’s decided to treat this like a marriage proposal. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z On the wedding day, Magistrate Tiger bragged to his son about how he had arranged the marriage and outwitted the Old Man of the Moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Life and death went hand in hand amongst the horselords, and a sprinkling of blood was thought to bless a marriage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Let her flay half my face, it will be a small price to pay for her consent to the Dornish marriage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The chief spent a day discussing the house and the marriage with the young man and then sent him on his way. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It had been a successful union, as “made” marriages generally are, and before Lancelot came on the scene the young girl had adored her famous husband, even if be was so old. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She dissolved the marriage very simply by telling her husband, a Protestant, that since the Catholic Church didn’t recognize her marriage, she didn’t recognize it either and she now announced her freedom. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia, but restrictions on interracial marriage persisted even after that landmark ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The half comes from a spring-break marriage in Cancun when she was in college. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you going to spend two hundred dollars if you’re so messed around about the marriage?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to, quite quickly as Emenike sent news only of progress: his postgraduate work completed, his job at the housing authority his marriage to an Englishwoman who was a solicitor in the city. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I really didn’t want to ask Negra why Victor had beaten her up; I wasn’t their marriage counselor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He had already seen a lot of their marriage, thanks to time-travel, knew that it was going to be at least bearable all the way. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither ever lost his or her temper; and, terrified of blowing their lives again, each begging the other for some kind of emotional security, theirs became a kid-gloved marriage of major proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you meet someone and fall in love and decide to get married. In India, it’s called a love marriage.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Stanton also admired the marriage of this forty-seven-year-old mother of six. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t know about marriage yet. I just want to be closer to him, and I want to teach.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Daggers in the dark. I know. You will forgive my doubts, my lady. A grey girl on a dying horse, fleeing from a marriage, that was what you said.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometime early in her marriage, Helen began a ritual: Each time his mount left the paddock and set his first forehoof onto the track, she would pray that the horse would see him home safely. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though she felt that the incense belonged to them both; it was a moment of marriage. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Though he had been married since he was sixteen, he had spent nearly thirty years of his marriage apart from his wife. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Each one had put a little dent in my soul and also in our marriage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Not a month after the marriage, the cops were called in after she and her husband got into a physical altercation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Considering the design of this new system of control, it is astonishing that so many people labeled criminals still manage to care for and feed their children, hold together marriages, obtain employment, and start businesses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On a Lecture Day in April two marriage intentions were announced together in the Meeting House. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “She told you, didn’t she? About the arranged marriage thing?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “The first time was before our marriage,” he said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z One way to understand what Gottman is saying about marriages is to use the analogy of what people in the world of Morse code call a fist. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She came to that marriage with her slave Noah, lots of land, and piles of money, which is what ol’ Massa wanted.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The strange, passionate marriage of Russian and French modernism that was born at those Trocadero concerts was to turn into something big, noisy and rebellious. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As far as he could tell, the school was reserved for children like him, the camp-bred spawn of reward marriages. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Only the greenwitches remained, and their magic was limited to saying the old rites for birth and marriage and death. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The strangeness of Mr. Collins’s making two offers of marriage within three days was nothing in comparison of his being now accepted. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I dared to speak honestly to the one person who knew of our secret marriage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But consumed with her studies and excited by the prospect of additional concerts in Europe, Marian was quite certain that she wasn’t ready for marriage. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A marriage was a system like any other, and she knew how to work it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The marriage was arranged by a baishakunin who told the Shibayamas that the potential groom had made a fortune in the new country. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z To the rest of our extended family, they became the symbol of a happy marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This principle can be extended to understanding much else about life besides marriage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He would buy her something for Christmas, of course, something nice to remember him by, but nothing that would give her any ideas about marriage. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At the wedding, he said he was not optimistic about the future, and that such a marriage, in such difficult times, would be unremittingly tested. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One friend wrote, “It is very like a marriage of Miss Austen’s, can I say more!” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That time, he again proposed marriage, even though she was happily ensconced with her boyfriend and had a child. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Arranged marriages have always worked out just as well, if not better. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Clinging to the illusion of their marriage, she concluded, “Well Ernest I must close my short letter. Hoping to hear from you soon. Good by from your wife, Mollie Burkhart.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Whether we’re businessmen in a competitive market or spouses in a marriage or superpowers in an arms race, our choices can often be phrased in terms of the prisoner’s dilemma. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Norwood’s two daughters brought their father additional pain by making poor marriages. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This was a late second marriage, and there wouldn't be any concern about what religion they should choose for their children since all. their children were already grown up and chosen. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z And he was determined to stay “pure” until marriage, though he did not lack for attention from female students. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The rumor mill had it that six weeks into his marriage, his new wife ran off with a rancher who had a big house on a hundred-acre spread in Nuevo Laredo. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We have a strong marriage that thrives on our mutual curiosity about the world. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mate and Leandro had already had two different addresses in a year of marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, my uncle arranges a marriage for Meng. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of her three children from her first marriage, Mohammad was the only one who never lived with my grandmother after the divorce. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z When she took her vows, he presided over the ceremony and, like a tender father, gave her in marriage to Christ. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Small wonder they had been so fearful; they had thought they were being dragged here to name Lord lywin a red-handed butcher before a king who was his son by marriage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Maybe I was making it all up, and queer marriage notions did not occur to other people. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I never imagined her succumbing to an arranged marriage, especially not right out of college. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She told her father that if he ever mentioned marriage again, she would take the first train out of town and return to her convent as a novice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sharon lived with her husband, Karim, and they had a marriage that wasn’t punctuated by violent fights and lonely tears like the relationships she witnessed growing up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Although she had already turned down a handful of marriage proposals and was not looking for a husband, Charles made an impression on her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked Burnham and approved of the marriage, but he did not entirely trust the young architect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By some accounts, his marriage, already ailing before Frankie’s death, was staggering, and maybe he needed to get away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She argued that because Graff had not embraced Labadist beliefs, her marriage to him was no longer valid in the eyes of God. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lewis had two marriages that ended in divorce, and in 1918, in her mid-fifties, she was raising a ten-year-old adopted child. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “We need to think about what our marriage is really based on . . . not this balance sheet, who owes who what.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your belief in the importance of your marriage.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the rubble of San Francisco, a perfect marriage arose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes told me that was no way to start a marriage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "Old enough for be-trothal. The marriage can wait a few years." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Dimple Shah,” he said, his mouth still against hers, “if I get to do this with any regularity, I’ll gladly put marriage on the back burner for the next century.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Anthony didn’t oppose marriage, but she did think that certain women could lead more meaningful lives as unmarried radicals than as wives and mothers. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In China, there were concubines — not what she wanted to be at all, but which proved human nature capable of different sorts of marriage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the ten days since our marriage night was disrupted, my wedded joys are all turned to sorrow. Now Hamlet finds quarrel with my virtue, but there is no cause.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Did marriage end the cosmic loneliness of the unmated? Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Gary was in the popular group but kind of shy and Zaheera was in the popular group but kind of shy, so his friends and her friends set them up together, like an arranged marriage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Despite these pressures our love for each other and our devotion to our marriage grew and intensified. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And this marriage is mine own work, after all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The marriage being an arranged match, romantic love was not part of it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are,” he said, “to have our marriage and our family.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And he said to his uncle, “Ask whom you will for my son’s marriage, any of your friends or any of your son’s friends.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It spoke of the fall of Moat Cailin, of the triumphant return of the Warden of the North to his domains, of a marriage soon to be made. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A few years after the marriage their daughter Joan was born. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. Mr. Rochester has a wife now living.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They are my mother’s twin daughters from her first marriage, little babies she was forced to abandon on a road as she was fleeing Kweilin for Chungking in 1944. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Aren’t you even going to open it marriage of their daughter Candace that liquor teaches you to confuse the means with the end I am. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Right among the Temple Seven Muslims, I had seen more marriages destroyed by in-laws, usually anti-Muslim, than any other single thing I knew of. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They have seen enough—parents whose marriages blow apart, homes foreclosed on, family vehicles repossessed in the middle of the night, classmates who commit suicide—to know that life is not a Disney movie. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to have a marriage of convenience with you if you’re always embarrassing me with the way you eat burritos,” Alex says, watching her chew. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t want a wife who would fight him for attention; but he also couldn’t bear the thought of an unhappy marriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Sissy’s first marriage by the Church and at last she believed that she was truly married until death did the parting. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time the sacrament of the Mass affirms ‘the perpetual contemporaneity of The Passion’ and celebrates the ‘marriage of time present with time past’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t spent my life building up layers of defenses until I recoil at even the suggestion of marriage or a family? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Buttercup’s parents did not have exactly what you might call a happy marriage. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Candice plastered a big, fake smile on her face, like her mother did when someone was being nosy about her marriage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “He’s the only unmarried man not courting her. He must be too busy for marriage.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She gladly would have left Boston under the flag of marriage, but not under the reckless terms he proposed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Until my marriage I had been hearing from my old friend Link, living in faraway places as he piled up awards and degrees from this country’s most prestigious educational institutions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She may be unmarried or in a bad marriage. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I heard his voice for the first time as he repeated the marriage words. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He had opposed his daughter’s marriage to Colonel Moodus because he disliked attending weddings. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That opinion, which Úrsula understood only some months later, was the only sincere one that Aureliano could express at that moment, not only with respect to marriage, but to anything that was not war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We were finding no common ground, and I was becoming convinced that the marriage was no longer tenable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Oddly, I do distinctly recall that we talked about his marriage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “The guys discussed all sorts of things,” he remembered, “like marriage, divorce, the high divorce rate among Hollywood stars.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It is possible to quickly diagnose the health of a marriage. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Her job through two marriages—the first for sixteen years, the second for fourteen—had been to mother her children; but now she had to run a family, and she was learning late. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their marriage had brought her into a world of art and money where everything seemed energized and alive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s been in Africa so long he has forgotten that we Christians have our own system of marriage, and it is called Monotony. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Having no other family to speak of also meant she hadn’t had visitors since the days of her marriage. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You’re not about to inform me that you wish to marry for love, are you? Love does not guarantee a successful marriage.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My life has been 101 calamities with at least half of them in the marriage department, but finally I got lucky in love, with Remy Fairley. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Did these words mean that she would approve our marriage? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z No imaginable committee would ever sanction such a marriage even if Katharine, Winston’s wife, could somehow have been got rid of. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He cautioned, however, that for the marriage he would have to use a different name, Henry Mansfield Howard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He wished he were in China, where if there turned out to be something wrong with the marriage he could always take a concubine. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mom kept her maiden name—Beaumont—through her two marriages. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The coincidence of a marriage and then a divorce both occurring in cities named Moscow was ironic enough to make headlines in local newspapers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The women of Raskova’s regiments, with Soviet society reinforcing their heterosexual standards, felt that marriage was acceptable; but affairs were not. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I am the product of a mixed marriage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Only a small percentage of wild mammal species ended up in happy marriages with humans, by virtue of compatibility on all those separate counts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wrote down his thoughts about marriage again, this time focusing not on the “if” but on the “when.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And so it was not so difficult to see why Father Mike decided to flee his marriage, and why he needed money . . . . . . none of which, however, could Milton read in his brother-in- law’s eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She could prevent pastoral approval of a marriage, if she wanted to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This second marriage provided Thomas with a new implement of torture for his wife. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew she'd put off marriage for long enough, and she'd been told her future husband was a really nice guy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And even the idea of marriage would diminish Josef, spoil him; this is not his place in the scheme of things. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z All went well on the voyage, but when they disembarked and started overland for the palace, Tereus told Philomela that he had received news of Procne’s death and he forced her into a pretended marriage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As was customary in their nineteen years of marriage, he left the grits on his plate untouched, an unexpressed but articulate declaration, rooted in geography, that the society he married into had not assimilated him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In a marriage ceremony, husband and wife stand tightly bound by their nzole and hold one another to be the most precious: nzolani. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sequence was illogical—the drowning scene, followed by a rescue, should have preceded the marriage proposal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The marriage was on the point of breaking up after two months because Aureliano Segundo, in an attempt to placate Petra Cotes, had a picture taken of her dressed as the Queen of Madagascar. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Social capital usually means emotional support and encouragement from a reliable stakeholder in one’s life, an asset commonly associated with marriage that is itself a form of wealth. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She had had a plan, from girlhood on, and had followed it scrupulously: high school, college, boyfriend, marriage, job, mortgage, children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But after a while of marriage, she turned into a stout blowsy woman, known in Brooklyn as “the saloon type.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, I was lodged in the heart of darkness, so thoroughly bent to the shape of marriage I could hardly see any other way to stand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But ending a marriage in California would take at least a year, and we didn't have that kind of time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Had Violet signed the marriage contract with her right hand, the law would have made her a miserable contessa, but because she signed it with her left, she remained, to her relief, a miserable orphan. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Was my marriage to be like the buying of a sack of yams in the marketplace? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look how crowded this place is. It’s all sham marriages, all of them, now that Blunkett is after them.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The marriage feast was perhaps the most unfortunate that ever took place. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And Krakow is in Siberia. I get it. A joke to help me forget about my marriage fears.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Meanwhile,” Hamlet said, “we must find a way to divert the king and your father so that none may suspect our secret deed. Our marriage, I mean.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Could that be true? Surely not. What of your marriage pact?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It shows the importance of work and marriage,” said Sara S. McLanahan, a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton who specializes in family and poverty. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Wang Lung replied firmly, “We are not yet one. It is not meet that other men see her until the marriage is consummated.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And later they would laugh about that, about how strange it was that their marriage should have turned so loverlike after so many years. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of a statistic I wish I didn’t know: Half of marriages end in the year after a child’s death. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He therefore exacted first a solemn oath from all that they would champion the cause of Helen’s husband, whoever he might be, if any wrong was done to him through his marriage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m calling from Hollywood to see if Mary Anne Meecham will accept my hand in marriage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I did what I hadn’t done in fifteen years of marriage: I told my wife everything. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I have come to think of marriage as dishonorable, a crass trade-off rather than a free gift. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The king promised a princess’s hand in marriage to whoever slayed the dragon. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He was in the tanning business in Hudson, Ohio, at the time of his marriage. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He was happy in his marriage, although he wooed a dangerous lady who had been the cause of many deaths, the Princess Hippodamia. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Margie was told that it had been a good marriage, a period of happiness for her grandmother. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He told her, “You are not married, you have no business to be discussing marriage.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In our culture, the bride finds out all there is to know between a man and woman on the night of her marriage. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s mothers, not fathers, who give away daughters these days and help with the arrangement of the marriages. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He is not questioning his father’s sexual identity, whether he really is gay—just commenting on his lonely life in the years since his marriage ended. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z To cheer her, he pointed to the space for a marriage date opposite her name. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Her marriage, it seemed, was on the rocks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We returned to my father's house and I put on my gayest clothes and sang and danced before my father and pretended to for delighted with the marriage which he had prepared be me. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She had met a kind Egyptian-American man, and the two of them had followed traditional Islamic marriage laws and were going to have their wedding celebration in March. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Then the girl stayed there and some years later she received a proposal of marriage from the son of a very rich chief. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Hamlet knelt before me in a parody of his marriage proposal. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was called the stamp tax because every time colonists bought a newspaper, calendar, marriage license, deck of playing cards, or pair of dice they had to pay extra for a special stamp. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But Roy had been begotten in the marriage bed, the bed that Paul described as holy, and it was to him the Kingdom had been promised. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Her peace did not please him, her marriage pleased him less, and he had been furious at being deceived by the Domishmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The marriage had been arranged by my older brother and his wife. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z If I’d known what marriage was going to be like, well, heck, I probably would have tied all those hope-chest linens together into a rope and hung myself from a tree! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother had a very difficult time in those early years of marriage; she was a teenage girl, ostracized by the adults around her. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was born a long time ago and is convinced that marriage is a woman's only real shot at happiness. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Fun fact: her husband already had a daughter from a previous marriage who would go on to marry my grandmother's brother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She will spend most of that first marriage anticipating and then causing its end. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The woman was young and beautiful and seemed nice, but when the marriage got into trouble—and with her speaking only Portuguese it didn’t have much of a chance not to—she changed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The family was now destitute; there was no money to send Anna to her fiancé, to the marriage she had given up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Orleanna Price, Southern Baptist by marriage, mother of children living and dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Next she began seeking out cross-class marriages, which proved a different exercise in journalistic frustration. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This time around, the observers’ ratings predicted with better than 80 percent accuracy which marriages were going to make it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z So I always made it clear that marriage had no interest for me whatsoever; I was too busy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In his eyes, Cabot Searcy had perhaps rushed into this marriage, but did not regret it for one single moment. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was fiercely racial in spite of his stupendous hatred of his race and he had a theory that marriage between two of alien races would result in mongrel children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kaede, you should realize that the chances of your making a political marriage with another woman are—well, it is unlikely. It has happened before, but you know that it’s rare.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She watches him from the window, walking down the block, a small, balding, unemployed middle-aged man, who is enabling her to wreck her marriage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Webb says that losing a child will oftentimes bring about the end of a marriage. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Up until Milton’s birth, Lefty and Desdemona had enjoyed an unusually close and egalitarian marriage for its time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Snow during a wedding means a cold marriage. My lady mother always said so.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Please. Don’t tell me to save my marriage anymore. It’s hard enough as it is.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A fact further diffusing potential problems of conflict resolution in tribes is that almost everyone is related to everyone else, by blood or marriage or both. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Your marriage broke down, so . . . you left your husband, or he left you, or . . . you left each other?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned over lunch that he was in every sense a hybrid—the son of a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas whose marriage had been both youthful and short-lived. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “If only the marriage was just done before they came,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She hoped the third marriage would endure because of the magazines. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone predicted that the marriage would not last. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The wedding brought back all the memories of my own short marriage—all my excitement and pleasure and my hopes coming to nothing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Later, and throughout our marriage, Lelia liked to speak of those first days. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa got a visa by taking vows in a false marriage with a widow who was leaving Haiti to come to the United States. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Blessings on the marriage bed,” she smiles, and rolls her eyes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were little I felt I had to protect them from certain things about myself, the fear, the messier parts of the marriages, the days of nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My troubles with his mother made him afraid of marriage somewhat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, it had been just two years since she’d left her first marriage, and she felt unready to begin again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “My lords and ladies, pardon the ruse by which I have gathered you here to witness the marriage of my daughter. Father, we wait your services.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Their marriage was falling apart and I was in the middle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z What made it funnier was that Pappa had been on his way to her house to meet her parents to arrange their marriage. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The truth of a marriage can be understood in a much shorter time than anyone ever imagined. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And if Emeline had come to the building bearing marriage announcements, she surely would have presented one in person. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But it’s hard to tell someone’s marriage intentions when you can’t say things aloud. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And Juana combed and braided her hair and tied the ends with two little bows of red ribbon, and she put on her marriage skirt and waist. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z By that sentence, Tolstoy meant that, in order to be happy, a marriage must succeed in many different respects: sexual attraction, agreement about money, child discipline, religion, in-laws, and other vital issues. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As opposed to the hours and hours she seemed to stand outside of something deeper than mere marriage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, his parents had made their peace with his marriage. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It only makes things worse when he says that marriage is the last thing on his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When they met, he was thirteen years older than Kathy, so she wasn’t immediately sold on the prospect of marriage, but those eyes, holding the light the way they did, had seized her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z This was a golden time for us, for the balance of our marriage, him with his purpose and me with mine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We had to meet at city hall to get our marriage license on a Saturday because we both worked during the week. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There may be some way that I can stop this marriage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I made the Huangs think it was their idea to get rid of me, that they would be the ones to say the marriage contract was not valid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Their marriage bed was a narrow cot that was hidden in the dining-room closet during the day. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I supposed her attitude was deliberate and for some odd feminine reason she resented this marriage, her scale of values had received a shock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The private eyes learned that the marriage had been orchestrated by Minnie Savage—a “shrewd, immoral, capable woman,” as one investigator put it, who ran a boardinghouse in Pawhuska. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “In my intentions,” she said, “little else. It was a poor marriage I arranged for your daughter. I have brought this on her.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Trueba proceeded to explain to him the various clauses of the marriage contract, which did a great deal to assuage the Frenchman’s fears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His parents had a strong marriage even though they lived a “commuter marriage.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He never once mentioned the fact that I had run away, Fort Hare, or the arranged marriage that was not to be. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought I was one of those women who had come to the compound because they didn’t feel safe, because they thought they were going to be forced into marriage. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Alice’s marriage to Isaac was merely an informal agreement since Isaac was a slave, or had been a slave. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It also claimed that suffrage would be harmful to children, because it would increase the likelihood of “discord” in marriages, increasing the “already alarming” rate of divorce in the country. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was like because you had a baby before marriage, you didn’t exist anymore. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was pushing Nellie’s piano—the only thing of hers he had left from their marriage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After my marriage, he became successful again, trading on the respect commanded by the royal family. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z At that stage of my youth, death remained as abstract a concept as non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I force myself to look at his eyes, searching for a remnant of the soft-spoken man who once thanked me for saving his marriage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of him as walking into marriage as into a park, in a foreign country, at night, unaware of the possibilities for damage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I read magazine articles in the school library on health and gave them mental physical examinations and tested the health of their marriage. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The marriage of computers and communications brought so much utility. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes, I forgot for the moment—a small affair—you have come for the slave called O-lan. I remember we promised her to some farmer in marriage. You are that farmer?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But despite their lack of money, Farideh and Mohammad had a solid marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The years he spoke of are now past; the night comes when a bitter marriage overtakes me, desolate as I am, deprived by Zeus of all the sweets of life. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All my life I had been taught that marriage was God’s will, that to refuse it was a kind of sin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In another scenario, Vincent would be going with him to witness his marriage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Others have claimed that the real Scientific Revolution came in the nineteenth century, in the marriage of science and technology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He would marry Cleopatra, even though marriage between a Roman and a foreigner was not legal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z From the beginning of their marriage she was a partner with Dorus in his professional life—going with him to visit parishioners and to bring food to the sick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Celia trapped him into that marriage, telling him she was pregnant. I guess she was a compulsive liar even back then.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Although his need for financial security may have been a factor in the marriage, everything went well at first, with Kepler now on full salary and enjoying a happy home life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Sort of. But arranged marriages are more about practicalities than romance. Compatibility, a long-term partnership. That sort of thing.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the marriage ended in divorce, and Florence returned to Pennsylvania. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It might seem a marriage made in heaven, but there were still hurdles to be overcome before Kepler could achieve the breakthrough that made him a key figure in the history of science. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Nel’s indifference to his hints about marriage disappeared altogether when she discovered his pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There is a small negative correlation between death rates per thousand people in various regions of the country and divorce rates per thousand marriages in the same regions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know he’s not keen on arranging a marriage in the middle of all this turmoil.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I thought of the youthful almost hysterical excitement and conceit with which I had gone into this marriage, imagining I would bring happiness to Maxim, who had known much greater happiness before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Because she could not have known the reason for her father’s objection to the marriage. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z And she added that Shoshana, her four-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, wanted to know if my parents had a VCR so she could watch Pinocchio, just in case she got bored. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes there was an excuse: Harvest, Midsummer, or a marriage. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the current political climate, conservatives extol marriage as the solution to many of society’s ills, while liberals argue that it alone cannot compensate for the effects of imperiled neighborhoods and failing schools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Years earlier, before her marriage, Anna had taught school in Lynchburg, Virginia, but she lacked the credentials needed to teach in Philadelphia. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z But after the first year of marriage, First Wife had given birth to a girl with one leg too short. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you said you wanted nothing to do with marriage,” she said. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We had always known that the regent had the right to arrange marriages for us, but now it was no longer an abstract possibility. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is therefore not so surprising that the Ptolemies chose to continue this ancient marriage custom between members of the Egyptian royal family. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “We are both eating dinner at the same restaurant at the same time. It’s not marriage.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I have no idea what that means, but it sounds like it makes for a cold and careful marriage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She did, however, accept his proposal of marriage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Naomi didn’t know what surprised her more: that Muff could know about Wash, or that she could think that marriage was an option for them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Newsies have filled their papers, tattlers, and scandal sheets with Alfred's exploits—gambling losses and several marriages and expensive tastes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She was in her second marriage; her first husband had been a doctor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I am not messed around about the marriage!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To everyone's surprise, it was a magistrate who was distantly connected to the emperor by marriage. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My eighteenth year of marriage the ground of my well-being began to give a little. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After the marriage, in the dead of night, they killed their bridegrooms—everyone except Hypermnestra. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Listening to Ellen, a stranger would have almost believed that the marriage, which subsequent events would indicate had not even been mentioned between the young people and the parents, had been actually performed. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z Since her marriage, Maria had followed the path of the lady artist, creating decorative works that sold well. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t be surprised if you managed to ensnare some lord into marriage. Maybe even His Highness, if you were charming enough.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “They wouldn’t want you to marry a widow; such a marriage is inauspicious. And you own land. You would have no trouble finding a wife who would bring you a dowry.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He had recently been taken to the dentist in Cape Town and discovered that the dentist himself was related by marriage to a well-known political prisoner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had not seen her, nor did we know her family, and the marriage, in the second year after Sacrabani’s birth, was solemnised at her parents’ house without either of us being present. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When her marriage ended, she had no guidebook to turn to, nothing that plotted a future course for a woman whose husband declared himself gay. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a record of her marriage to Oliver Blake, and a list of her seven children, their marriages, some grandchildren...Then someone else had taken up the listing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Probably the most precious thing in the whole world to Gramps—besides Gram—was their marriage bed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It had been something of a scandal, for the new Queen was the same age as Prince Con, the King’s son from his first marriage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z No marriage would ever bring them back to life, but if a husband could help end the slaughter, then she owed it to her dead to marry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At Christmas, there was another party—dancing, singing, three marriages. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Theo does consider marriage and weighs when to break the news to his parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Sarah is this girl who I’m getting to know, for, you know, marriage purposes,” Muhammad says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She calmly explained that our marriage had deteriorated and that she had lost her natural inclination for the pleasures of the flesh. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the glow of the fake sun, framed family pictures and yellowing birth and marriage certificates are attached to the other walls, like a shrine to Earth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She doesn’t like anyone bringing up her first marriage in front of us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She was the protector of marriage, and married women were her peculiar care. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She said that only seventy percent of marriages stay together when they lose a child. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The marriages, he said, were to take place immediately. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m overjoyed that your marriage has come. Yet my heart aches because my sister, for whom this would have been the supreme moment of her life, did not live to see it.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the poster children for arranged marriage. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z This sudden talk of marriage bewildered me, even shocked me, I think. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Arraaayy, beta. Who is saying anything about marriage? We want you to finish your studies. But I was married when I was only a few years older than you.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The public discourse regarding “missing black fathers” closely parallels the debate about the lack of eligible black men for marriage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Can a marriage really be understood in one sitting? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Planning a wedding is incredibly stressful, the first real trial of a marriage, they say. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And then she buries her face in her arm, like the Bollywood actresses always do when they are overreacting to a marriage proposal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He said I should enroll in the university counseling service so that one day I might enjoy an eternal marriage to a righteous man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lou and Marcy are united in their belief that what happened in their marriage took a terrible toll on their son. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When he proposed marriage a couple of years later, she found it hard to say no but impossible to say yes. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The marriage line is faint, crisscrossed by tiny cracks in the skin starting and ending in a mystery. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z His relationship with his daughter had never been good, and after her unfortunate marriage it had deteriorated to the point where only the obligatory politeness Clara imposed allowed them to live under the same roof. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until after we separated, on nights when Shoshana was asleep and I was lonely, that I wondered if perhaps my mother had poisoned my marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Although their marriage was predicted from the time they had come into the world, when they expressed their desire to be married their own relatives tried to stop it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But Marian, determined to build a career, wasn’t interested in discussing marriage. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z But that Hudson went away when his parents’ divorce was finalized on April 1 after twenty years of marriage. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Pappa gained a real family, which is what he’d wanted. They stood by him from the beginning. He and Ma have this fairy-tale marriage.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Because getting a great job didn’t save my marriage. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Moved from China to Santa Monica, California, a few years after marriage. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Both he and his wife express pride that their marriage has withstood its particular problems and stresses. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A 2011 poll of Mississippi Republicans found that 46 percent support a legal ban on interracial marriage, 40 percent oppose such a ban, and 14 percent are undecided. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When it is resumed, in the next chapter, so to speak, the maidens are being married to their cousins and their father is presiding at the marriage feast. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She quickly shook her head in what she recognized as her first lie in their marriage. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In cross-class marriages, one partner will usually have more money, more options, and, almost inevitably, more power in the relationship. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z From earliest girlhood, she says, she had been determined not to allow her parents to have a hand in her marriage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mary La- Follette had never been happy about Thula’s marriage in the first place, and she was decidedly unhappy now with Harry and the way things had unfolded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The rival brought her before him, and demanded she offer her hand in marriage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw a slight smile hurry across his face as he saw us, and I began to believe Chandra’s marriage might be a good one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Great advertisement for early marriage, wouldn’t you say?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Personally,” he sighed, his eyes still closed, “I think marriage is a very important thing to do, and you’re missing a hell of a lot if you don’t try it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was an unofficial priest and presided over ritual slaughtering of goats and calves and officiated at local traditional rites concerning planting, harvest, birth, marriage, initiation ceremonies, and funerals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, their relatives had correctly predicted their fate: their age gap would lead to long-term problems in their marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma was not only mad at Camp, she was furious at Granny and Grandpa for not forbidding the marriage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The marriage was arranged, but my grandmother didn't put up a fight. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He escaped from the Russian army and snuck over the Polish border and married my mother in an arranged marriage. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage. Bad food, and nothing else.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The acorn that will grow into our eventual marriage. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z "Another marriage saved. I live for victories like this." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I saved my marriage, that’s what I did,” he answers and winks at me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he hasn’t admitted this to her, he’d hoped, the day they’d filled out the application for their marriage license, that she might consider otherwise, as a tribute to his father if nothing else. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some children’s singing games have their roots in circle dances, while others reflect social traditions of courtship and marriage, friendship, overcoming childhood fears, or just expressing the fun and merriment of childhood. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Our half-siblings from Papa’s first marriage had always been something of a mystery to me, so I was curious to learn more about Ella, and Hilda brought her out to Mason to meet me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Is there some kind of rule to know if a marriage is going to work? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeping silent, she continued to live in Mark Antony’s home and to raise all of his children from his various marriages. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The matchmaker bragged about me: “An earth horse for an earth sheep. This is the best marriage combination.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as I was looking forward to my marriage, I knew how much I would miss Tanu. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because your Baba Haji changed the word ‘need’ to ‘marriage.’ Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But selective inbreeding via marriage, Wells argued, might paradoxically produce weaker and duller generations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Now it is a legal marriage. I have never seen a case where there is so much passion and devotion.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She was certain that they could save their marriage and restore their home life. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They eased back into a relationship more like the early days of their marriage, when he asked if she were tired or wanted him to bring her something from the store. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rachel, you have told me that you lost your marriage, you lost your job—do you not think this is punishment enough?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Had she heard a rumor of our marriage? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Romantic love was considered a kind of temporary insanity at the time, not a basis on which to choose a marriage partner. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the end, most people suspected the marriage had been an arrangement of sorts between Ali and his uncle, Sanaubar’s father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the groom’s first marriage, the bride’s second. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “What has love to do with marriage? A prince should know better. Your father married for love, it’s said. How much joy has he had of that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then Amit and I would become a Bengali couple in an arranged marriage, playing the same roles as our parents and grandparents and Das and Sen family ancestors have for generations. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bands are the tiniest societies, consisting typically of 5 to 80 people, most or all of them close relatives by birth or by marriage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They kept putting off the marriage waiting for him to get better, only he never did get better. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents had had an arranged marriage, like all other marriages in Korea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It would, however, complicate her marriage with Howard, in which time spent apart was already measured in weeks or months rather than days. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In her estimation of it, their sex life had been at the heart of their marriage. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Wheeze. I was talking about not doing anything. It would be a marriage of convenience.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think there are several aspects of our marriage we’re going to have to work on.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Grandfather Harry Tallis was the son of a farm laborer who, for some reason, had changed his name from Cartwright and whose birth and marriage were not recorded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You’re right,” she said finally, to Count Olaf, “this marriage, unfortunately, is completely legal. Violet said ‘I do,’ and signed her name here on this paper. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He was about to marry one of the emperor's granddaughters, and with the marriage he would be given rule of the city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We had not fought like this in our eighteen years of marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A very unstable marriage, with four kids, David being the oldest and most sensitive. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When he had left her, more than twenty years before, and after more than ten years of marriage, she had felt for that moment only an exhausted exasperation and a vast relief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z From then on, I wore those shoes to parties, whenever the mothers gathered to talk about marriages. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably because of the difference in status, the couple never went through a formal marriage ceremony. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The answer, I’m guessing, is probably the best and most sustaining answer to nearly every question arising inside a marriage, no matter who you are or what the issue is: You find ways to adapt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Blessings on my marriage bed, as Mama always says. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s more that it’s...not a marriage anymore. Not after...” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Not this nonsense again with the marriage delusions. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Was she exempt from marriage because of it, as I presumed myself to be? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother’s new husband had a son, Scott, from a previous marriage who was two years older than me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Instead, I said, “Maybe. But no marriage proposals, okay? I get too many of those as it is.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The Samsa married couple sat upright in their marriage bed and had to get over their fright at the cleaning woman before they managed to grasp her message. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z And Leon had not done so badly either, with his four marriages and dedicated fathering. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z ‘The marriage bed was sacred. If there was any place you could talk to Juno . He took a deep breath and called, ‘Juno!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He sat at a table with the Angolans, watching people hurry past, and wondering which of them was her, while the Angolans both whispered into their phones; perhaps they were arranging other marriages. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A reward marriage was the only safe way around the no-sex rule. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I understand now that even a happy marriage can be a vexation, that it's a contract best renewed and renewed again, even quietly and privately—even alone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Many girls her age were preparing for marriage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1969, when I was thirty-six years old, my own marriage was arranged. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When it came to the act of “selling” women as marriage partners, my mother was vehemently opposed to it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The very idea! Trying to force a child into marriage to save their own skins. Ngozi sacrifices are illegal in Zimbabwe.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents met for the first time on the day of their wedding—an arranged marriage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He rubbed the marriage tattoo he shared with Isaac, a story he’d told us when RiRi had asked about the black outline of a buffalo on the back of his left hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The signs he recognized from his own marriage were there — the bickering, the indifference, the protracted silences. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Uncle Ted’s husband, Rory, is a graphic artist, and he wrote out my parents’ Jewish marriage contract in calligraphy, decorated with colorful flowers, vines, and stars. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Still, from the moment she accepted the liaison with jean de Satigny, she knew that she would never consummate the marriage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Since his marriage to little Lady Ermesande three days past, the other squires had taken to calling him "Wet Nurse" and asking him what scut of swaddling clothes his bride wore on their wedding night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yet from the start tension suffused their marriage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I knew that after my marriage, I would have to make my home with the family of my husband. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m pretty sure Margot would never kiss a boy unless there was some talk of an engagement or marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were now the property of the eldest son by Leon’s second marriage and installed in a castle somewhere in the Scottish Highlands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even so, engagement, marriage—such things make a conquest more interesting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although a widow would sometimes manage her late husband’s affairs, Matthäus’s sons from his previous marriage were grown men and quickly took charge of the family business. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The three-judge panel issued a ruling that allows same-sex marriages to take place. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I knew there could not be any minister, but the marriage ceremony was all written out in the back of the hymnal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They were married a short time later, first signing their Islamic marriage contract in a traditional nikah ceremony, and then later they celebrated with a more formal occasion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "College? She doesn't have the marks for college. I still think she should pursue a profession before we arrange her marriage, but I'm starting to lose hope." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His marriage had been something of a misstep as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They understood that they must act as God’s decoys, saving the souls of the boys for Jesus and binding the bodies of the boys in marriage. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z After barely a year of marriage, the war that had brought them together was driving them apart. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But this divorce between mathematics and matter soon turned into a marriage. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “this ain’t our marriage bed, but it will do.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z At school when we commenced studying Romeo and Juliet, the drama that might or might not be going on up at Grandpa’s house laid itself down on every line Shakespeare wrote about love or marriage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They talked quietly for a long time, but Charles did not bring up the subject of marriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes," my mom explained to me over the years, "technically, we had an arranged marriage, but I was never forced to marry your dad. I had a choice." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Your older brother made a political marriage, didn’t he?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We’d had the hypothetical marriage discussion plenty of times already, and nothing much ever changed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My misery comes from a different concern: my marriage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What he was looking at did not at all resemble an erotic summer idyll, as he had supposed, but rather a marriage of body and soul. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I doubt whether I can argue with Kufa about your marriage.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it takes these two kinds to make a good marriage, riveted with several kinds of strengths. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’ve walked off more marriages and close calls than you can shake a stick at, but never got out of the Dark Continent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were, indeed, many reasons to have auspicious hopes for the marriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I shuffle through the papers—birth certificates, a marriage license, diplomas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember curling up in it, feeling safe and happy, thinking, This is what marriage is —safe, warm, comfortable. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z What did I want from divorce—when I never knew what I had wanted from marriage? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only three things. First, I would like the beautiful goddess Freya’s hand in marriage.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She had published a few pieces in small, serious literary magazines early in our marriage, written some book reviews, articles, but nothing, she said harshly, that wasn’t half- embarrassing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Guards announced marriages three or four times a year, usually on propitious dates, such as New Year’s or Kim Jong Il’s birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But now, in the summer of 1838, Charles still wanted to get his father’s advice about marriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Father respects Mother and loves her, but not with the kind of love I envision for a marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Both couples divorced in the eighties and the end of their marriages marked the breakup of the band. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z No one had been more upset about the outcome of Ira’s marriage than Old Granny. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Joy Luck was an idea my mother remembered from the days of her first marriage in Kweilin, before the Japanese came. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the entire history of our marriage, it was the only secret I kept from her, and eventually it became impossible to fix. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Do you foresee marriage in your future or are you just testing the waters?” asked Kaisha. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then, too, she would have advised against my marriage to Lelia, the lengthy Anglican goddess, who’d measure me ceaselessly while I slept, continually appraise our vast differences, count up the ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But recently, a friend of mine, Rose, who’s in therapy now because her marriage has already fallen apart, told me those kinds of thoughts are commonplace in women like us. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly after her marriage, when Hercules was taking her home, they had reached a river where the Centaur Nessus acted as ferryman, carrying travelers over the water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And what of it? Are they not given in marriage? Kunthi is already bearing, and this newcomer—it will not be long. Men are all the same.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles couldn’t hide his excitement at their marriage, and he was already impatient. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The first of the month was always the busiest time, but there were more than enough minor jobs and unhappy marriages to pull us through. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was Madge, even fatter since her marriage and seemingly more in love than ever. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A blush spread across Horatio’s face, for my speaking of the woes of marriage embarrassed him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Mother-in-law,” he said, “I intend no discourtesy, but this is no ordinary visit. You gave me your daughter in marriage. I have brought her back to you. She is a barren woman.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I understand that kind of marriage all right,” I said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z How much do you think can be learned about Sue and Bill’s marriage by watching that fifteen-minute videotape? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When she wrote that she was worn out from cleaning and cooking for her father, William said he wanted their marriage to run on different lines. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It had cost my parents’ marriage, my mother’s spirit, my sister’s arm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There is love in this marriage, and her eyes sparkle with happiness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I think about why she might have needed to make a swift marriage, what she might have had to hide. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I hope He understands when I pray that our marriage won’t last forever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But once she’d explained to him what a marriage “in name only” consisted of, he blushed and said, “Why not?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma says she will have many men seeking her hand in marriage and can pick anyone she wants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't want to ruin another marriage for him—not when he has two little babies to take care of and he's so happy with Serena. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He launched a campaign against the king of Armenia, who had snubbed the marriage pact between their children. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Losing a child ruins many a marriage; he could not bear to live without Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A few nights back, I found this appointment card for a marriage counseling session lying on the front hall table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Your mother’s sister never spoke to us again. She was very against our marriage. She lives with her family in another village far away. Your mother’s brother took over the family house and furniture business.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was pessimistic about the marriage and I thought it only fair to inform him of my feelings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He still said nothing about marriage, but she could tell he loved her. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gottman has discovered that marriages have distinctive signatures, and we can find that signature by collecting very detailed emotional information from the interaction of a couple. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Family therapy, couples therapy, but marriage ultimately failed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But you know how the old song goes: first came love, then came marriage, then came the lady with the baby carriage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Not only did Alexander not oppose this, but he also rendered it easier by annulling King Louis’s previous marriage. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She knew that one of the women stone-throwers had had a baby only three months after her marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So it was quite easy to imagine her the product of an unsatisfied mother who unduly stressed the desirability of professional careers that could save bright girls from marriages to dull men. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z My work did not, could not, end with my marriage to Joseph and his children or even with the birth of Truitt. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And because of our backward parents, who’ve talked about the “awfulness of same-sex marriage” enough that it’s apparently brainwashed me a little bit. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Our relationship remained rocky for two or three years after my failed attempt on the Eiger, but the marriage somehow survived that rough patch. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She would listen as “the girls in the lunchroom” at work talked about their marriages. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I was already out of words when I met your mother, that may have been what made our marriage possible, she never had to know me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Because I was promised to the Huangs’ son for marriage, my own family began treating me as if I belonged to somebody else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father, Matthäus Merian the Elder, ran a thriving Frankfurt publishing shop, staffed by Maria’s older half brothers and sisters from an earlier marriage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s a symbol. It shows that you’ve made a pledge to bring your purity into the marriage. It’s the ultimate gift to your husband.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “We’re not getting married, Kojo. Under current law, the minimum age of marriage in this state is eighteen. We’re both twelve. Case closed. Do you have your note from your mom and dad?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Gramps said, ‘Well, this ain’t our marriage bed—” That night I dreamed that I was floating down a river on a raft with my mother. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Still unaware that the FBI was watching his every move, he surprised Gerda with a marriage proposal. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When Charlie smiled, it was easier to see why he and my mother had jumped too quickly into an early marriage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Octavian knew full well that Mark Antony, having announced his marriage to Egypt’s queen, would never agree to attend. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She told him about the ngozi and how she had fled from an imposed marriage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels a little bit like expecting a proposal of marriage, only to get offered the role of mistress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z That their marriage would be manipulative and violent, I had no doubt—although those words were not mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For months now, Barack and I had danced around the idea of marriage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Arthur’s father is better, and wants the marriage to come off soon. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Two weeks after the market, Tommy Forester proposed marriage to Bridget Comfrey, and she accepted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you suppose,” I asked, as I poled the skiff, the focus of my romantic musings shifting from my own wedding day to Mr. Rice’s, “do you suppose her parents oppose the marriage?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After years of clandestine relationships, it felt refreshing to court in a fishbowl, to have the support of her parents from the very start, the inevitability of an unquestioned future, of marriage, drawing them along. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Me and him aren’t really moving that fast. I promise that he won’t ask you for permission for my hand in marriage next week.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I imagined that the news of Mommy’s marriage crashed through the Jewish community like an earthquake. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To refuse to go through with the marriage would bring dishonor on my family. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Yes, she was weeping again now; it did, indeed, rain on that marriage.” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a burning glow mount to my face; for bitter and agitating recollections were awakened by the allusion to marriage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z That ring would signify his marriage to Persephone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z First the document reminded us that the old Toy house and furnishings had been deeded over “to my beloved wife, Love Simpson Blakeslee” at the time of their marriage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Family wasn’t any more reliable than marriages or friendships or blood- sworn crew, and maybe less. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And as for a divorced daughter from a love marriage, well, words could not describe Baby Kochamma’s outrage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Fears of interracial sex and marriage have deep roots in the United States. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "After he was done with her, my father had the marriage undone. It was as if we had never been wed, the septons said." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A year ago, when they spoke of marriage, he'd left town in a hurry. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He gave them whatever their hearts desired, and when they grew of age their marriages were celebrated with grand festivities. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z In the beginning, she’d been a bit of baggage from Estella’s first marriage, a shadow at the edges of his happiness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had insisted Grandma learn to use a gun to protect herself because they had lived in an isolated area in the early years of their marriage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They both resented the marriage because it exposed—to each other, if not to society at large—their own immaturity, moral weaknesses, and intellectual shortcomings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin’s mother never told Shin why she had been given the honor of marriage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She said “friend" in English; the tame word parents used because they could not desecrate their tongues with “boyfriend," even though it was exactly what they meant: somebody romantic, a marriage prospect. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There are no stories about Hebe except that of her marriage to Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Prince Aegon’s hand. A marriage alliance, to bring some great House to our banners.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The marriage lasted only a year, but it put him on the road to becoming a citizen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She seemed not only to acquiesce, to be reconciled to her life and marriage, but to be actually proud of it. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z They chose her and the man who became Shin’s father as prizes for each other in a “reward” marriage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He had even shown her his Marry, Not Marry list and other notes he had written about the marriage question. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I marvel how she led me to understand that it was not marriage to Christ that I desired, but sisterhood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My taxi was cutting through the back streets of Bloomsbury, past the house where my father lived after his second marriage, and past the basement flat where I lived and worked all through the fifties. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He knew he was going crazy when he heard himself proposing marriage to her, when he begged her to take the diamond ring and be his companion for life. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All your marriage happiness will bounce back and turn the opposite way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not eminent people, and there are few records concerning them except for the usual papers on birth, marriage, land ownership, and death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z First of all, my parents’ marriage had not been arranged. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s important to everybody or should be. Then all marriages would be happy.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It is clear even to me that it is a marriage of convenience and not of love. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a lot of stares and whispering and pointing and silly questions when we went to the marriage bureau to get our license. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The identity of her mother is uncertain, but it is likely that she was Ptolemy XII’s sister, Cleopatra V The pharaohs had long practiced brother-sister marriage. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There was very little for a young girl to do in Ayemenem other than to wait for marriage proposals while she helped her mother with the housework. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There are few surviving accounts detailing the relationship, but it was likely an arranged marriage: youths—Mollie was only fifteen at the time—pressed together to preserve a vanishing way of life. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It is of course tragic that her marriage is now ending in failure. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Zo, who never missed a chance to lament her marriage, had said at dinner in her comedienne’s voice, “My husband. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Despite the problems of his marriage, he could never blame his son or daughter for them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Of course, her letter has given me extra cause to continue thinking of her as 'Miss Kenton', since it would seem, sadly, that her marriage is finally to come to an end. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I know now that I had never expected to find Bing, just as I know now I will never find a way to save my marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the Icelandic court questioned the Japanese marriage certificate that Miyoko presented because it was only a photocopy, and she had difficulty proving that she was in fact Bobby’s legal wife. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Husbands and wives always loved each other, and that was what marriage meant. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z And he’s not being impetuous, thinking of marriage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Yet here they sat, drinking to a marriage hallowed by some queer red god from beyond the seas. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A great motor yacht named the Scheherezade now slid past the marriage bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucy and I sat awhile, and it was all so beautiful before us that we took hands as we sat; and she told me all over again about Arthur and their coming marriage. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When he called her the next day, Gerda told him that she had taken the blood test for the marriage license. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was okay when you were a little girl, but as you grew up, you were supposed to wear dresses and make yourself into marriage material. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But then again, she thought, it gave their marriage a certain epic scope. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Using her marriage name and saying nothing about her previous marriage, she was married again in City Hall but by a different clerk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But her fight against child marriage and her advocacy to end human trafficking are changing the world. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Playing marriage counselor to the zebra / human couple and other ill-sorted pairs, we can recognize at least six groups of reasons for failed domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because,” Buttercup said, “marriage involves love, and that is not a pastime at which I excel. I tried once, and it went badly, and I am sworn never to love another.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Back when she had received those four or five marriage proposals, she had gotten “quite weary of it.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother had left home after her marriage, as introverted and conservative, and possibly even more shy and bookish, than any of the others. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For fifteen minutes, they were left alone with the cameras rolling, with instructions to discuss any topic from their marriage that had become a point of contention. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She also discussed the need for divorce reform so that women married to alcoholic men could escape difficult, dangerous marriages. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But Crazy Joe wasn’t the only one trying to stop the marriage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was also a marriage for papers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They said they still loved each other, but that sometimes marriages are like friendships that get tested, and people have to work through things. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z But in smaller cities and villages, arranged marriages are still the norm, particularly introductions initiated by parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We have been together ever since and have a very happy marriage and home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "Our marriage . . . that makes a long tale and a dull one, Your Grace. I would not trouble you with it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The laws forbade them from employment in certain professions, denied Jewish children an education, and made marriage between Jews and Aryans illegal. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the research suggests that marriage may indeed be crucial to mobility out of poverty, but that it is not always enough. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And my grandmother blessed my parents’ marriage, after vigorously plotting against it, only because she didn’t think Milton would survive to the end of the week. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The marriage cannot go on: I declare the existence of an impediment.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The oldest, a child psychologist, had married the analyst she'd been seeing when her first marriage broke up, something of the sort. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Belknap had never met Holmes but knew all about his troubled marriage to Myrta and was prepared to dislike the young doctor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Miss Bingley’s congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z At the moment my every waking hour is spent in helping some dedicated friends raise money for a bold and shattering movie that they are planning to film about an interracial marriage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes more than her husband, you know, so we’ll see how well the marriage fares—what a shame. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of years earlier, my brother, Craig, had moved temporarily back into the upstairs apartment we’d grown up in, living above our mother after his own marriage had slowly and painfully fallen apart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She’d been speaking of marriage proposals, of course, but I decided to take her advice anyway. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The squire added, “They’re each scheming to make the prince propose marriage on the spot.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Can you continue your marriage pep talk another day? I swear I won’t run off and marry a heathen tonight.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Although he already had a wife in Rome, Mark Antony married Cleopatra in an Egyptian ceremony that overlooked his marriage to Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Yan Chang said that First Wife chose to be blind to the unhappiness of her marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the rage she had accumulated during their marriage was told him in that evening as they stood in their small kitchen. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And if marriage was not achieved, there were alternative roles: teacher, librarian, or . . . well, something intelligent and public-spirited. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when she was awake again, with fifty-eight days to go till her marriage, she was still crying. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They forced women into slave marriage with the King for the purpose of reproducing their babies at a high rate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But after four years of marriage, Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Not long after his marriage, a misunderstanding took place between himself and Master Hugh; and as a means of punishing his brother, he took me from him to live with himself at St. Michael’s. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z She was recovering from an unsuccessful marriage and had recently converted to Islam. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She couldn’t risk the chaos that her first marriage had wrought. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He still lived in the small, two-bedroom house that he’d bought with my mother in the early days of their marriage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You are going to have advantages—and education. You’ll be around better role models. Mrs. Moss had several violent, failed marriages.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They had married for love, and my father refused to take a second wife, even after several years of marriage, when it appeared that I would be their only child. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he deny our marriage, or was he playing our game? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Deaths, births, marriages—why, just the other day he’d heard that Nancy Clutter’s boy friend, young Bobby Rupp, had gone and got married. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the formal status, the marriage was a successful and seemingly happy one, producing four daughters and two sons who survived childhood, and two more babies who died in infancy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I knew things were at a crucial point right now: What I said next would likely determine whether I’d be grounded until marriage or just lectured for a while and then ignored again. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a strong expectation of his coming soon after the marriage, but it ended in nothing; and I have not heard him mentioned lately.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I decided to wear a green suit, for hope, like the handkerchief that wrapped Ma’s marriage proposal letter from Papa’s family. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Mulefa couples, for example, on entering marriage, would exchange strips of bright copper, which were bent around the base of one of their horns with much the same meaning as a wedding ring. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Word reached the bishop that there was a woman in his flock who was set against marriage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It'll never sit well that years later she had to end her happy, hard-earned marriage just to give her children a better life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He handed her ten dollars so she could pay for the blood test that was required for a marriage license. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When Winnie had first told him of the marriage, he had exclaimed, “But you are marrying a jailbird!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But this marriage turned out to be particularly important: Frederick’s daughter Sophia married the Elector of Hanover and was the mother of George I of England. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He went the next day into the town and to the house of the merchant and he said, “My daughter is thirteen years old and no longer a child and she is fit for marriage.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte Lucas tells her friend Elizabeth Bennet that it is better to go into a marriage blind to the other persons faults. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Engineering? I don't think so. Your marks in maths and science are terrible, Ma. You're eighteen now. My marriage was already fixed by then." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I want to kiss Dakari, maybe more, but the Brothers of the Order say proper women should be chaste before marriage. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Immediately, the media began implying that the alleged marriage was just a ploy to help Fischer obtain his release and live in Japan, but Suzuki disagreed: “It was already a de-facto marriage,” she said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In a box where he stored souvenirs he came across old pictures taken before their marriage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Your generous purse and the circumstances of your arrival suggest to me that you are a gentlewoman of means. Do you flee a cruel father or a forced marriage?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Everything is going to work out. Just make sure you keep a low profile, yeah? Dont attract any attention to yourself until the marriage is done. Don’t fight in the pub, yeah?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This prince liked to dress the creature in his dead son’s clothes and pretend he was a child, Ser Axell claimed, and from time to time he would propose marriages for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But Mother insisted that marriage was the worst thing that could happen to an intelligent woman. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The marriage was a meeting of hearts and minds both. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The repercussions for Halley would come later, as a result of his father’s second marriage. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z After five years of a sad and disgruntled marriage Boy- Boy took off. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Trading and marriage relationships were undoubtedly established between those Khoisan and the Bantu farmers, each occupying different adjacent habitats, just as Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu farmers still do today in equatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A fixed clock with a promise of lifetime repair brought us some dishes from an old woman who had a wedding set from her first marriage that her second husband didn’t like. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Cicero very well understood this—having himself been attacked for social climbing, his failed marriage, and as “an immigrant citizen of Rome. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The Tully marriage was his notion, never doubt it, he—” She broke off as Roose Bolton rose to his feet, pale eyes shining in the torchlight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’d not been able to give the marriage quite the attention he’d have liked, having spent so much time in the military, traveling, and otherwise in and out of the home. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If a divorced lady were present in the company of her second husband, it is often thought desirable not to allude to the original marriage at all. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But now the two move from partnership to marriage with the announcement that Paisley will have her own department in each Superstore, called Paisley Notions—dedicated primarily to sewing and other crafts. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I had a good life in California, pretty Victorian home with a peaked roof, a good marriage, a promising writing career, in-laws who loved me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A grey girl on a dying horse, fleeing from her marriage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His marriage was a business deal for him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, she had seen too many women lose their rights after marriage, including her mother. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Which she received,” I struck in, “when she was dressing for her marriage? At twenty minutes to nine?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In the 1600s, choosing religious seclusion was a way to flee an intolerable living situation—such as a painful marriage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wrote to Charles, “It is a marriage which will give almost as much pleasure to the rest of the world as it does to yourselves—the best auspices I should think for any marriage.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does the request of a ghost overrule the plea of a wife? How can your vow of vengeance usurp our marriage vows?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Over the years of their marriage, Emma and Charles each became more like the other in their beliefs—or at least their differences seemed less important. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally Ned shouted that he was done, the marriage was over. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The marriage was not a success and they soon parted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was because the circumstances were different, and looming over them now was the marriage he never talked about. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They made grand marriages, too, but the arrival of the first grandchild brought disappointment. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I say, we will have no more marriage!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “And you had a love marriage that Dad’s parents didn’t exactly approve of, right?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Years before, she had explained her marriage to a friend this way: “I fear you may imagine my domestic relations not altogether happy.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Even though some aspects of the country were more liberal in the 1970s, arranged marriages were actually more commonplace than they are in contemporary Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He celebrated the “dramatic improvement in my prospects,” which included marriage—his second—to a bride who shared his deep love of music. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My problems may have seemed big to me in high school, but I wasn't dealing with arranged marriages to the wrong man or a love affair that would leave me ostracized from my entire family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Despite herself, Dede had to admit she liked what she sensed, that the power was shifting in their marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “That magistrate was my great-great-grandfather’s father. And this city is the city that his son became king of through the marriage.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Two for joy, three for a marriage, and four for a boy. So seven ought to be four boys, ought it what?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my dad got worried that the father’s wife’s family was going to accuse me of breaking up their marriage and come after us. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Basically, both Bloom and Sherri Pope were talented, educated, sensitive people who, before their marriage, had been so completely versed as social beings that neither could muster the guts to face up to anything. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But now she would no longer conceal from her his share in Lydia’s marriage. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She reasoned that it hadn’t been a church, or a real marriage so why let it stand in her way? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d talked in abstract ways about how each of us viewed marriage, and it worried me sometimes how different those views seemed to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I am not telling you to save your marriage,” she protested. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately for Sir Palomides and Sir Grummore, the Questing Beast saw reason at the last moment, before the cavalcade set out—otherwise they would have had to stay in Orkney and miss the marriage altogether. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, that had been his dream of marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about my marriage, how I had seen the signs, really I had. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I persisted, reminding him that he had often told me he did not consider himself capable of love, certainly not of marriage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They were too happy, precariously so, and she wanted to guard that bond; she feared that marriage would flatten it to a prosaic partnership. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I don't know if their torrid beginnings cast a dark shadow on them, but my grandparents' marriage was laced with hardship and tragedy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There’s a heart, animated with lines, floating in the last frame, when Khadija, the Prophets first boss and first love, fifteen years older, sends a marriage proposal to him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z When all was ready we spread the leaves under the gaudy marriage pandal Nathan had borrowed for the occasion and ate and drank for long, merry hours. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s ridiculous,” I said hurriedly, “you know age doesn’t mean anything in marriage. Of course we are companions.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As far as I’m concerned, it’s not wrong for a man to bring a little experience to a marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Early in their marriage, Daddy and Mama created a special arrangement involving family responsibilities. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To stave off the impending marriage argument, I ask my mom about the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘My marriage need not be the end of all your hopes,’ she said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z People in both parties have attributed the shift to the rise of social issues, like gun control and same-sex marriage, which have tilted many working-class voters rightward and upper-income voters toward the left. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Now we were supposed to get enthusiastic about long-range marriage plans, while lying here in bed watching our shoes mildew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking, Well, it’s not just marriage that’s set up like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only part that seemed really to rouse him and hold his attention was the account of the crowning and marriage of Aragorn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He had no banners to call, no army of retainers, no great stronghold, no holdings to speak of, no prospects of a great marriage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even when Buttercup was awake again, at dawn, with fifty-seven days to go till her marriage, she could not stop gasping. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When he was in his sixties, he proposed marriage to a fourteen-year-old. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want any part of this. I don’t believe in early marriage anyway.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At first she tried to get it in the normal way, through marriage, but that didn’t work, as I think you’ve heard. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Having criminalized interracial sex and marriage, states throughout the South would use the laws to justify the forced sterilization of poor and minority women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I am not interested in marriage, and I am especially not interested in marriage to your son! Goodbye and...thank you for coming.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Deep down, part of her believed that marriage—even to a “good” man like William—was a trap. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Not the marriage proposal, the summit conquered, the first shot fired, nor the last one either—the treaty at Appomattox, the knife in the heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He lived within blocks of his two sisters and two of his three grown children from his first marriage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Boys might play with swords, but it took a lord to make a marriage pact, knowing what it meant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He doesn’t even know about race, nor is he concerned with his sisters’ marriage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to have an arranged marriage like my parents did. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing was for sure: There would be no family for Terryl, no marriage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She tore the red marriage cloth into three wide strips and folded them around grass from her bedding to make pads. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps preparing for his marriage with Miss de Bourgh,” said Elizabeth. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Hence the victors have no use for survivors of a defeated tribe, unless to take the women in marriage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was livid about my marriage, saying I’d all along told him we couldn’t date because he was white, and now look what I’d gone and done. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the young women in the novels of Jane Austen, Emma Wedgwood was not mooning over Charles or plotting for a marriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As a young woman, Susan B. Anthony had considered and turned down several marriage proposals, choosing to devote herself to her work instead of family. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “The marriage laws in this community are quite simple,” Count Olaf said. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It made no mention of Lucy Stone, from whom Anthony had been estranged since their falling-out over Stone’s marriage, or the rivalry between Anthony’s National and Stone’s American Woman Suffrage Association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “They just keep asking,” she said and stressed the “they,” to exclude herself from the marriage clamor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The record of the marriage will be found in the register of that church—a copy of it is now in my possession. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It had been, he saw now, a war marriage, hurried into because there was no choice and because both of them felt the rightness of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Showing off money was a sin. It was not that status was not important, but marriage was very closely controlled and predetermined, and everyone knew where everyone else fit.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But they held on to those little yellow cards as though they meant something—laid them gently in the shoe box along with the rent receipts, marriage licenses, and expired factory identification badges. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, this was one ritual she'd started in the early days of their marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Not much, and this is why Gottman has couples talk about something involving their marriage—like their pets—without being about their marriage. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Every night when they climbed into bed, they lay right beside each other on their backs and Gramps said, every single night, “Well, this ain’t our marriage bed, but it will do.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It was at a tube station that he met the Angolans who would arrange his marriage, exactly two years and three days after he arrived in England; he kept count. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wonder why I wanted to catch a marriage with your father. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him that my marriage broke down, that I was depressed, and that I’d always been a drinker, but that things just got out of hand. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “For most of our marriage I treated her as though she didn’t matter! I came home only between wars, and left her alone for months at a time! There was always war!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There’s no point in arguing, no point to reminding her of my mother’s disastrous marriage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “He said my teeth would start to fall out one by one, until 1 could no longer protest leaving this marriage.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And this had given her, in the beginning of their marriage, the impression that she controlled him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Humperdinck and Buttercup,” the Archdean said, “I am very old and my thoughts on marriage are few, but I feel I must give them to you on this most happy of days.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She and Blaine had not talked about marriage, but the ground beneath her feet felt firm. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I got several marriage proposals from cute boys, some of them white, who sent their pictures. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The couple knew they had to tell Joshua and Joylette about their marriage and impending parenthood. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was so happy that Faizah had found love, and watching her navigate international fencing competitions, college, and now marriage filled me with pride and hope. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The marriage between her and Arthur had been what they call a “made” marriage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have sent for you on an affair of importance. I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is it true?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “This is not to be borne. Miss Bennet, I insist on being satisfied. Has he, has my nephew, made you an offer of marriage?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Being born too soon for the various conventions of mourning, marriage, and so forth, he had been secretly put to nurse with Sir Ector of the Forest Sauvage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ferguson twenty years later, the Court unanimously upheld Alabama's restrictions on interracial sex and marriage and affirmed the prison terms imposed on Tony Pace and Mary Cox. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And so his marriage hung above them, unspoken, unprobed, until one evening when she did not feel like eating out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It has cost him his marriage, his smile, his ability to eat enough, sleep enough, and feel enough. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It surprised her how quickly, during reunions with old friends, the subject of marriage came up, a waspish tone in the voices of the unmarried, a smugness in those of the married. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And not just at the beginning of their marriage, but all throughout. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z If one partner found his or her chosen mate to be unacceptably old, cruel, or ugly, guards would sometimes cancel a marriage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I may have buried the lead, but I need to give you twenty years of epically romantic context before we revisit the end of their marriage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I nodded, remembering what I’d read about the slaves’ marriage ceremonies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When Chacko finished his assignment and couldn’t find another job, he wrote to Mammachi, telling her of his marriage and asking for money. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was precisely the boy Mrs. Shigemura had described for her so many years ago when she’d spoken of loye and marriage, and now she kissed him, hard, because of that. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The way Allen Diamondstein acted, I can tell you that divorce would be the only possible thing you could expect from marriage to him. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “At least, I know what I don’t want. And I’ll delay that marriage as long as I can.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was the question she’d wanted to ask all along—fifteen years of marriage had turned us into mind readers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Why do we feel that promoting marriage will solve the problem when there are so few marriageable men?” asked William Julius Wilson, professor of sociology and social policy at Harvard. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It had been a firing day, although he had readied the foil strength of his youth, and he leaned his head against the back of his throne, thinking about the events of the marriage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand her marriage better now, maybe from all the soap operas I’ve watched with her while lying on the floor beside her bed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme—courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe—marriage.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I need birth dates, death dates, marriage dates...Facts, Comfort, not opinions. If everybody reported the news with an opinion, who could we believe?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d riled me up because this was the very last time he would invoke his inane marriage argument, ever again, as long as we both should live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I knew my mother thought the marriage was a scandal, but this was the first I guessed that she saw Miss Love as a scoundrel, a villain, out to steal hers and Aunt Loma’s inheritance. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Their marriage was brief and confusing—especially given that her new husband, it turned out, already had a wife in Nairobi. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All sham marriages, all of them rang in Obinze’s head, finally the registrar looked up and pushed across a form. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The woman who gave birth to me in Columbus, Ohio, was Poppa Biles’ daughter from a previous marriage. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In 1967, the Supreme Court said state bans on interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Before her marriage, all Mother’s decisions had been made by her parents. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z My father, back in Africa, arranged for a marriage dowry of cows. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to start seeing a marriage counselor and probably try some family therapy, too. It’s going to be a little weird for a while, but things will feel normal again pretty soon.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very happy there the first year of their marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But his first year of marriage was going horribly. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z What kind of marriage has it turned out to be? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z That was the day I was a young girl with my face under a red marriage scarf. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, upon his father’s marriage, it was very generally proposed, as a most proper attention, that the visit should take place. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That night at Elsinore no royal banquet celebrated the prince’s marriage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Fate” being the writer’s coy allusion to marriage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was struck, however, by how enthralled Myrta seemed to be whenever Holmes was around and by how even Myrta’s mother—Belknap’s niece by marriage—appeared to glow in Holmes’s presence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A net woven from long grass that covers the couple during their vows, the touching of each other’s lips with salt water, and the ancient wedding song, which likens marriage to a sea voyage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The three-judge panel issued a ruling lifting the stay on a district judge’s injunction to not enforce the ban on same-sex marriages. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z To get started, she had Mark Antony arrange the marriage of their son Alexander Helios to the daughter of the Armenian king. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z For all I know, he’s off somewhere saving some other damsel in distress with the promise of marriage someday after he’s collected his reward money! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father, Oenopion, agreed to give her to Orion, but he kept putting the marriage off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the most joyful alliances from this time were those that ended in marriage—and quite a few of them did. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She had frequently thought—especially since his father’s marriage with Miss Taylor—that if she were to marry, he was the very person to suit her in age, character and condition. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Back in our old quarters in the Training Center, I’m the one who suggests the public marriage proposal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Abel wanted a traditional marriage with a traditional wife. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It was the sleeping. It always is. If it is good, the marriage is good. If it is bad, the marriage is bad.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The more he thought about marriage, the more attractive it became. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Suheyla had said that it wasn’t a marriage anymore, whatever it was between them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If it turned out the person they’d chosen wasn’t a good communicator or was uncomfortable with being vulnerable, they seemed to think time or marriage vows would fix the problem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Before the week was out, all my grandparents’ questions about Sourmelina’s marriage had been answered. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A ceremony followed, in dumb show, in which it was easy to recognise the pantomime of a marriage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Years of marriage, love, loss, trials, and tribulations were written in every wrinkle, line, spot, and curve of their faces. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I regarded with awe the ‘wedding ring’ on a nun’s finger, her black ‘wedding veil’—symbols of marriage to God. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was in no rush to shack up, and only wanted my dad to go through with the marriage if he genuinely thought she was someone he could fall in love with. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It has always been presented to me as an ideal marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They had a way of falling in love but of ducking marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Miscegenation laws were declared unconstitutional, and the rate of interracial marriage climbed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But for her, as for many brides in the camp, marriage was a kind of promotion. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Who did the Cossacks need to go to if they wanted to open their churches for a christening service or for a marriage or a funeral? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But then marriage must be the willingness to walk the blind alleys. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And she did not press about marriage because, upset as he was about everything, she was afraid of having him upset about her, too. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She adored her brother and gave up everything—even marriage—to care for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But happiness in marriage, as Austens heroine Elizabeth Bennet knows, is not only a matter of chance. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Impossible—i.e., my marriage with St. John—was fast becoming the Possible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister’s marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Thyestes fell in love with his brother’s wife and succeeded in making her false to her marriage vows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years ago, when she and Nino Carlitos were in their biggest fight ever, on the verge of divorce, I decided it was up to me to save their marriage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had many suitors but rejected all offers of marriage. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His long absences were quite bearable for Helene Wright, especially when, after some nine years of marriage, her daughter was bom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “The hall is not the place for such discussions, my lords. Let us adjourn to the solar whilst my son consummates his marriage. The rest of you, remain and enjoy the food and drink.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By an arrangement of Úrsula’s, her marriage was to be celebrated on the same day, but that Friday Pietro Crespi received a letter with the news of his mother’s imminent death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Okay then, enlighten me as to what this marriage business is all about,” says Dad. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z "What would you give me? A kiss? Your hand in marriage?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Our marriage has been, for me, a very long convalescence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In African culture there’s legal marriage and traditional marriage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her marriage with Howard settled into a state of limbo, never together but never completely apart either. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And after the gifts, she knew, after the sun had gone down, it would be time for the first ride and the consummation of her marriage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He reported that the strain of coping with the expedition’s aftereffects was threatening to wreck his marriage. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His marriage was now fast approaching, and she was at length so far resigned as to think it inevitable, and even repeatedly to say, in an ill-natured tone, that she “wished they might be happy.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The breakup of any marriage is traumatic, especially for the children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, marriages between Jews and Christians were uncommon and usually frowned upon by both sides. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Rahel drifted into marriage like a passenger drifts towards an unoccupied chair in an airport lounge. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Much of social reality consists of institutional facts: property, for example, or marriage. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Unless she proved to be someone who had changed her name because of marriage or some other legal procedure, she would be new to Epiphany Middle School. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z "Do you have a first marriage I don't know anything about, Rose?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To Minnie the little ceremony appeared to be legal and in its quiet way very romantic, but in fact no record of their union was entered into the marriage registry of Cook County, Illinois. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My sister’s chances of marriage were suddenly uncertain, although not as uncertain as mine. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z This may work, if the images don't clash: Frieda viewed her marriage as a tight ship, but Lorenzo was plotting a mutiny. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Overall, my grandmother felt content and safe in her marriage, but it lacked the kind of passionate love she always imagined for herself. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Severo felt that it was time for his daughter to shake off her lethargy, stand firmly in reality, and learn the domestic skills that would prepare her for marriage, but Nivea thought differently. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not go through with this marriage, which I considered unfair and ill-advised. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don't go on. No love, no marriage, and no baby, Janae! Okay, maybe a little bit of love. But no marriage and no baby.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But what most amazed us about him was his marriage to a Xhosa girl from Umtata. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a place for marriages and sacred ordinances, not an everyday churchgoing experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Her father’s second marriage had only made her life miserable, and she had never respected Ana’s single-minded quest for a husband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No one knew why she was so against the marriage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He had something important to let out: his marriage was over, and he hoped to obtain a divorce. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Then she pointed out that marriage was a serious thing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Did she love him, or was she making a clever marriage, to gain his protection? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to share a marriage of equals, a relationship that would not interfere with her work on abolition and women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For me, marriage was more like a full-on merger, a reconfiguring of two lives into one, with the well-being of a family taking precedence over any one agenda or goal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And I myself should hold it shame for any girl to flout her own dear parents, taking up with a man, before her marriage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z During those early years of marriage, she birthed five daughters for her hardworking husband. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The marriage bond that Cleopatra wanted for herself was about to tie Mark Antony to the power of her archrival in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He will arrange and approve all marriages personally to ensure the appropriateness of the match and the promise of the offspring. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They’ve even gone so far as to point out examples of Bengali men they know who’ve married Americans, marriages that have ended in divorce. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She was an Islander only by her marriage to Don José. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I hope you aren’t planning to take credit for my entire marriage,” she said, and Mrs. Richardson was taken aback at the sharpness in her voice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The great secret, known to internists and learned early in marriage by internists’ wives, but still hidden from the general public, is that most things get better by themselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw marriage as the loving alignment of two people who could lead parallel lives but without forgoing any independent dreams or ambitions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The following day, Nhamo and her relatives would travel to Goré’s village for the second part of the marriage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Already without family, she was further isolated from her people, for, except for the relative bliss on the island, every other resource was denied her: partnership in marriage, confessional friendship, and communal religion. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Their marriage could have survived the years apart, but I guess it couldn’t survive what my dad realized in those fights: Family would always come second for her. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “And you hardly tell me anything about yourself, you could have fled an arranged marriage of your own.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After her marriage, the girl invited the grandmother to come and live with her in the house of this rich chief and his son. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z "You want Ma and Baba to start arranging your marriage?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Indian parents, by contrast, regarded the years before puberty as a time of playful development, and kept their offspring close by until marriage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She’s the Achilles’ heel of their marriage, and it’s only noticeable if you’ve been watching it for sixteen years like I have. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As he prepared for their upcoming marriage, Charles had certain things on his mind. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As we were reaching the end of the meal, Barack smiled at me and raised the subject of marriage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And now here comes Rachel with stained hair and one dead sister and a whole darn marriage behind her already, not to mention hell and high water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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