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81 " Oh, why did he slap her when she’s a widow, and that annoyed her even more. She said she should not have been slapped because she is a full human being, not because she doesn’t have a husband to speak for her. "
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Americanah
82 " I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think for a husband and wife the way to stay close is to do things together and share. "
83 " The last word in an argument is what a wife has. Anything a husband says after that is the beginning of another argument. "
84 " I should like to see any kind of a man distinguishable from a gorilla that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of. "
85 " I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman. "
86 " Some men don't want to be responsible fathers. It's easier to say 'Let's just turn the kids over to the state.' Women end up bearing the entire load, raising kids alone without a husband to share the parenting. "
87 " I'm a character and a sports entertainer and a wrestler, but I'm also a father and a husband and a provider. "
88 " I try not to set myself up as different or as a celebrity or special. I have a husband that can get on my nerves. I have kids that test my patience. I've got a cat I can't keep off the sofa. It's real. On a bad day, I'm reading 'Acts of Faith.' "
89 " All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day. "
90 " I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax? "
91 " Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society. "
92 " A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. "
93 " Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. "
94 " Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults. "
95 " All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. "
96 " Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. "
97 " To catch a husband is an art to hold him is a job. "
98 " Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour. "
99 " I don't believe in having one partner for your whole life, but I hope I get married. I want to have a husband and two kids and a nice little life baking pies. I'm quite romantic. It's definitely important to have someone make you feel special. "
100 " But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote. "
