What makes 'The Marriage of Souls' such a wonderful book is Collins's intricate reconstruction of the late eighteenth-century world. Simplicity and philosophy are the hallmarks of eighteenth-century art and architecture. The classically pure lines look deceptively simple and unburdened by heavy symbolism or imagery.
Copy QuoteBy all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Copy Quote View & ShareHappy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
Copy Quote View & ShareMarriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Copy Quote View & ShareI love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
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