I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.
Copy QuoteMy father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Copy Quote View & ShareChristmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
Copy Quote View & ShareGetting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle.
Copy Quote View & ShareI don't know nothing about no marriages or nothing. I ain't even never been to a wedding.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.
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