Kahlil Gibran on Marriage

Then Almitra spoke again and said, 
And what of Marriage, Master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together, 
and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together 
when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea 
between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread 
but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, 
but let each one of you be alone, 
Even as the strings of a lute are alone 
though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not 
in each other's shadow. 

Love is patient and kind. 
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. 
Love does not demand its own way. 
Love is not irritable, 
and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. 
It is never glad about injustice 
but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, 
and endures through every circumstance. 
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT