Ask any successfully married couple what keeps their relationship alive and they will tell you, "interest." It's as simple as that.

If you want something bad enough, then do something about it!

When we are at peace within our marriage, the effects can be astounding! We will raise happier children, become better employees, and overall find the joy in life.

Live each day as if it could be the last day that you spend with your husband or wife.

The way you date(treat) your spouse, truly has an impact inside and outside of your marriage.

The more interest you show in your spouse, the more interest your spouse will show in you.

Forget about trying to "fix" your spouse's flaws. Instead, focus your attention on aspects and characteristics that you enjoy most.

Marriage is the most sacred union in which much respect is given in society to those who treat it as such.

Your kindness becomes your courage.

In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat.

My brothers are my backbone. My parents are my oxygen. I can't live without them.

Simplicity, it seems, has always been wasted on those who simply cannot appreciate it

If the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard- let him worry about cutting it.

Then I kissed Max because I loved him, and everyone I had ever loved before had gone away and I had never kissed them goodbye

I love dressing up and doing the red carpet every once in a while, but I am very much a jeans kinda girl, so it's all a little embarrassing for me.

it’s only by studying the mistakes of the past,” Lucien said mildly, “that we can even have a future

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

Blues songs, like folk songs, are a continuous stream, and catching the continuities and thefts is part of what puts meaning and complexity into it - also part of the fun of it all.