I spent so many years in terror of 'making it legal' because the expression rang all too true - the wedding ritual struck me as nothing but a flowery front for the fulfilment of countless, tedious contracts and obligations.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.
For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I've never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring.
The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.
I didn't want to get married - I thought it was like a cult! It seemed so conservative and unnatural.
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.
Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
I believe the wedding vows are sacred and precious, and it's been one of my goals as a writer to portray the kind of marriages I've seen modeled in my family - my parents and grandparents, who all celebrated fifty-year anniversaries and well-beyond.
I always envisioned myself having a traditional and elegant wedding.
A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.