“Marriage is not a love affair. A love affair is a totally different thing. A marriage is a commitment to that which you are. That person is literally your other half. And you and the other are one. A love affair isn’t that. That is a relationship of pleasure, and when it gets to be unpleasurable , it’s off. But a marriage is a life commitment, and a life commitment means the prime concern of your life. If marriage is not the prime concern, you are not married.”
- Joseph Campbell
http://www.voyageofaloha.com/wp-cont...pbell_duad.pdf
“Marriage is the surrender of the individual to the duad.”
Surrender to the duad. What a glorious phrase, but at the time, I hadn’t experienced anything
like it. He explained that in a true marriage, decisions are made based on what’s best for the couple
rather than either individual. The partners place the welfare of the duad above their individual desires
and needs.
http://www.johnmichaeldemarco.com/Bl...-Marriage.aspx
"Marriage is not a love affair, it’s an ordeal. It is a religious exercise, a sacrament, the grace of participating in another life."