{"quotes":[{"text":"Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["advice","advices","advise","aphorism","aphorisms","counsel","counseling","counselling","counsellor","counsellors","counselor","counselors","divorce","divorced","divorcee","divorcees","experience","extended-families","extended-family","families","family","fool","foolish","fools","humor","humour","husband","husbands","learn","learned","lesson","lessons","love","lover","lovers","made-me-think","make-you-think","marriage","marriage-proposal","marriage-proposals","married","marry","nuclear-families","nuclear-family","proposal","proposals","propose","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","relationship","relationship-advice","relationships","satire","satirical","thought-provoking","useful","usefulness","useless","uselessness","wife","wisdom","wise","wives"],"id":9822,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side chick … or the side dick.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adultery","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","cheat","cheater","cheaters","cheating","commit","commitment","concubine","concubines","courtesan","courtesans","date","dating","funny","girlfriend","girlfriends","heartbreak","heartbreaker","heartbreakers","heartbreaking","heartbroken","hetaera","hetaerae","hetaeras","hetaira","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","hurt","hurting","hurts","infidelity","joke","jokes","kept-woman","kept-women","love","marriage","marriages","marry","mistress","mistresses","relationship","relationships","satire","side-chick","side-chicks","side-dick","side-dicks","wedding","weddings"],"id":17425,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Why did you marry Dad, Mom?' My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. 'I wanted something more and he was it. We both had big dreams.' 'That must have taken a lot of courage,' I said. 'To marry Dad. He was so different from you.'It was hardly courageous. It was just the only thing to do. We were in love.","author":"Margaret McMullan","tags":["big-dreams","courage","different","he-was-it","love","marry","only-thing-to-do","something-more"],"id":19995,"author_id":"Margaret+McMullan"},{"text":"Just like the way you date in relationship and become convinced before you give a partner your heart, you got to date your PASTOR to know he can be your MENTOR before you give him your ears! Test the Spirits...And don't be a religious fanatic!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["boyfriend","church","convinced","courtship","date","fanatic","fanatics","girlfriend","israelmore-ayivor","lovers","make-love","marriage","marry","men-of-god","mentor","pastor","preacher","relationship","religious-fanatic","sheep-on-wolves-cloth","test-the-spirits"],"id":30120,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Chip, I know you don't understand this, but I'd take it as a personal favor if you'd stop trying to marry your mother off to my brothers.","author":"Susan Elizabeth Phillips","tags":["brother","brothers","favor","marriage","marry","mother"],"id":34235,"author_id":"Susan+Elizabeth+Phillips"},{"text":"Love conquers the body by embracing it,conquers the mind by massaging it,conquers the heart by kissing it,and conquers the soul by marrying it.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["body","conquer","heart","heart","hug","husband","kiss","kissing","love-conquers-all","love","love","love","love-and-saying","love-and-sayings","love-for-everybody","marriage","marry","marrying","mind","mind","relationship-advice-for-men","relationship-advice-for-women","relationship-advice","relationship","soul","wife"],"id":42485,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Dear fear, I’m divorcing you. Dear courage, I’m courting you. Dear hope, I’m pursuing you. Dear love, I’m marrying you.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["courage","fear","fearless","hope","hope","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-about-life","inspirational-for-women","inspirational-motivation","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","love","love","love","love-and-sayings","love-for-everybody","marry","matshona-dhliwayo","motivational","motivational","motivational","motivational-for-runners"],"id":46223,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"When you marry a woman out of pity, then its a pity that you'll send her away very soon.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["choice","choices","decision","driving-away","husband","making-choices","marriage","marry","michael-bassey-johnson","mistake","pity","wife","woman","women","wrong-choice"],"id":47003,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"You cannot really get married by mistake. You can only marry the wrong person.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["divorce","husband","love","marriage","marry","matrimony","peer-pressure","pressure","relationships","separation","single","societal-pressure","spouse","vows","wedding","wedding-vows","wedlock","wife"],"id":48803,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["abolish","abolishment","aphorism","aphorisms","aspiration","aspirations","aspire","boyfriend","boyfriends","couple","couples","divorce","divorced","divorcee","divorces","dream","dreamer","dreamers","dreams","girlfriend","girlfriends","goal","goals","humor","humour","institution","institutions","love","man","marriage","marriages","married","marry","men","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","relationship-goal","relationship-goals","satire","vow","vows","wedding","wedding-vows","weddings","woman","women"],"id":49683,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":76,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}