bride Quotes

“Let her see your joy at spreading the news of her engagement, and be sure she hears you rave about the new ring on her finger.”

“That elusive someday has suddenly become now. Your little girl—your jewel—is going to be a bride.”

“Don’t try to sidestep it. Embrace it. Then, Mother of the Bride, find your smile and get back to the fun!”

“Once a woman becomes a mother of the bride, I doubt one exists who can turn off her details switch and get a solid night’s sleep.”

“One of the best gifts you can give you you daughter as a mother of the bride is to make her feel special.”

“Jump right in and kick off your journey together with bridal magazines and planners, and above all, get out there and start the quest for the dress.”

“Maybe a goat. Or a small pig. The family has so little, and bride prices have come down so much. The girl wouldn’t need any jewelry.”

“Mufaro beamed with pride. ‘The king has asked for the most worthy and the most beautiful. No, Manyara, I cannot send you alone. Only a king can choose between two such worthy daughters. Both of you must go.”

“I don’t want a fashionable wedding, but only those about me whom I love, and to them I wish to look and be my familiar self.”

“I’m not a show, Aunty, and no one is coming to stare at me, to criticize my dress, or count the cost of my luncheon. I’m too happy to care what anyone says or thinks, and I’m going to have my little wedding just as I like it.”

They stood watching her, with faces full of love and hope and tender pride as she walked away, leaning on her husband’s arm, with her hands full of flowers and the June sunshine brightening her happy face—and so Meg’s married life began.

“You’ve got a treasure, young man, see that you deserve it.”

“No one can refuse me anything today.”