Marriage

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of
friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

This quote is about the situation where there is love, even passion, but nothing deeper to hold a pair of people together.

Friends are often friends for life, or at least for significant portions of it. The ones who drift away are usually distant and rarely seen. That is not what should be happening in a marriage.

This quote is a warning to all who would enter into a relationship. It warns them to become friends first, and then see what develops. If not, the road ahead may be a bumpy one.