Phyllis McGinley Quote

Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection. Unless she accepts it as such — as a beautiful, bountiful, but quite unequal association — the going will be hard indeed.


The Province of the Heart (1959)


Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection....

Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection....

Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection....

Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection....