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Robert A. Heinlein on Marriage

1907–1988 United States

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6 quotes

A man who marries at my age isn’t taking a wife, he’s indenturing a nurse.

I Will Fear No Evil (1970)

Marriages are arranged in heaven but the bills must be paid here on earth.

Friday (1982)

Marriage is not a sometime thing; it’s whole hawg or you’re not married.

To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)

Marriage is not ownership and wives are not property.

The Puppet Masters (1951)

The sort of guardian you can hire is worth about as much as the sort of wife you can buy.

Space Cadet (1948)

We take just one vow, to safeguard the welfare and happiness of all our children.
That’s our total marriage contract. The rest is just poetic ritual.

To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert A. Heinlein (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.