HAPPILY EVER AFTER
The Wit and Wisdom of Marriage

by Helene and Jim McMullan

After the celebration ends and the rice and flowers are swept away, after the vows of love have faded into the church rafters, after the champagne and wedding cake are but a memory and the honeymoon is over, life’s greatest challenge begins. Marriage -- everybody talks about it. It’s probably the most discussed topic in the world. Philosophers, psychiatrists, manicurists, butchers, the happily married, the happily divorced, and all those ones longing to be twos. In HAPPILY EVER AFTER, authors Helene and Jim McMullan quote the best of them. More than 300 pieces of wisdom and wit on the world’s favorite subject are presented in a beautiful gift book illustrated with unabashedly romantic vintage artwork. The perfect gift for the just engaged, newlyweds, or couples celebrating anniversaries.

• "Marriage is like creating a piece of sculpture; you keep chipping away all the crap until you discover the wonderful work of art within." -- Leonardo Da Vinci

• "For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked." -- Bill Cosby

• "If your wife is small, stoop down and whisper in her ear." -- Jewish proverb

• "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -- Gloria Steinem

• "When two people understand each other in their inmost hearts, their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids." -- I Ching

• "A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

Authors Helene and Jim McMullan have been married for 26 years and admit that they are just getting the hang of it. Jim McMullan is the author of the best-selling Hail to the Chief and Instant Zen.