The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
Interpretation
Successful marriages involve managing challenges by keeping perspectives balanced and not overreacting to minor issues.
This quote by Harold Nicolson emphasizes the importance of maintaining a healthy perspective in a marriage. It suggests that couples should not blow small problems out of proportion but instead view them as mere incidents that can be managed, thus fostering a resilient and harmonious relationship.
In practice
During a wedding speech, to highlight the importance of perspective in marriage.
My heart broke all over again. I wanted my life back, my mama, but I knew I would never have that. The child I had been was gone with the child she had been. We were new people, and we didn't know each other anymore. I shook my head desperately.
Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
I don’t think that because I’m not married it’s made my life any less. That old-maid myth is garbage.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
As gay young people, we are marginalized. As young people who are HIV-positive and have AIDS, we are totally written off.
The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership.
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