Arranged Marriage/Quotes


God's bread it makes me mad. Day, night, late, early,
At home, abroad, alone, in company,
Waking or sleeping, still my care hath been
To have her match'd; and having now provided
A gentleman of princely parentage,
Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd,
Stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts,
'Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man-
And then to have a wretched puling fool,
A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender,
To answer 'I'll not wed, I cannot love;
I am too young, I pray you pardon me'!

—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

SIR,
I hope you will not think it is any manner of Disrespect to your Person or Merit, that the intended Nuptials between us are interrupted. My Father says he has a much better Offer for me than you can make, and has ordered me to break off the Treaty between us. If it had proceeded, I should have behaved my self with all suitable Regard to you, but as it is, I beg we may be Strangers for the future. Adieu.
LYDIA.

—Richard Steele, The Spectator
Love? What does love have to do with marriage?
—Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
Arranged marriages are still pretty common in these parts (and now I come to think of it, what other kinds are there? It's not as if the boy and the girl and all their relatives and a new dress and the priest of choice and a slap-up knife-and-fork tea for forty all turn up in one place by accident, is it?).
—Gytha Ogg, Nanny Ogg's Cookbook

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match, Find me a find, catch me a catch
Matchmaker, Matchmaker look through your book, And make me a perfect match
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, I'll bring the veil, You bring the groom,
Slender and pale. Bring me a ring for I'm longing to be,
The envy of all I see.
For Papa, Make him a scholar.
For Mama, Make him rich as a king.
For me, well, I wouldn't holler If he were as handsome as anything.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match,Find me a find,Catch me a catch,
Night after night in the dark I'm alone So find me match, Of my own.
Fiddler on the Roof

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