I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.

If it's not working before you get married marriage isn't going to fix it.

I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention.

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.

If I felt in the event of a royal wedding inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't I'd ignore it.

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

I've exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. For the most part these communications took place before my marriage though some have sadly took place after. To be clear I have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time.

Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.

I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage.

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'

So far 44 States or 88 percent of the States have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.

But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.

Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

I think that as with marriage you just know when it's time to have kids.

In a sacred ground like marriage you find yourself out of it at certain times for reasons unknown that can be destructive. There could be a demon that kind of comes out and overtakes you.

No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.

Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.

There is a big misconception about arranged marriage. Yes it can mean that you meet someone and then have to marry them but this was my mother saying 'I'm going to introduce you to so-and-so - If you don't like them fair enough.'

I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.