The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could with equal validity assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.

Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk yet both needs are important to a marriage.

The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

You know what your problem is it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'

Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.