"Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth." ― Edwin Louis Cole Topic(s): Marriage More From Edwin Louis Cole "Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief." "Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity." "The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests." More In Marriage "Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate."― Corrine Brown "Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed."― Carolyn Heilbrun "A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after."― Gloria Steinem