The maid of honor's toast is, well, a girl thing. And while male musings often move us, we think the maid of honor will find enormous inspiration in the words of her sagacious, soul-searching sisters. Below, some toast-appropriate insights and emotions from favorite female writers, philosophers, and personalities.
The
capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to
move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not
about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union
and communion.-- Bell Hooks
One of the best things about love is just recognizing a man's steps when he climbs the stairs.-- Colette 
Where there is great love, there are always miracles.-- Willa Cather
It was just enough to sit there without words.-- Louise Erdrich
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.-- Elizabeth Bowen
Infatuation
is when you think that he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as
Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and
as athletic as Jimmy Connors. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy
as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as
athletic as Henry Kissinger, and nothing like Robert Redford -- but
you'll take him anyway. -- Judith Viorst
We love because it's the only true adventure. -- Nikki Giovanni
Love
is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical
about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking
everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk
even more.-- Erica Jong
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get -- only with what you are expecting to give -- which is everything. -- Katherine Hepburn 
We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.-- Gwendolyn Brooks
What
greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are
joined...to strengthen each other...to be at one with each other in
silent unspeakable memories.-- George Eliot
The
best marriages, like the best lives, were both happy and unhappy. There
was even a kind of necessary tension, a certain tautness between the
partners that gave the marriage strength, like the tautness of a full
sail.-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Dearly Beloved)
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.-- Diane Ackerman
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. -- Rose Franken
In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes. -- Elizabeth Ashley
Love, be true to her; Life, be dear to her;Health, stay close to her; Joy, draw near to her;
Fortune, find what you can do for her,
Search your treasure-house through and through for her,
Follow her footsteps the wide world over--
And keep her husband always her lover.-- Anna Lewis, "To the Bride"
Love is blind -- marriage is the eye-opener. -- Pauline Thomason
Love
is the lifespring of our existence. The more love you give, the happier
you feel and the more love you will have within you to give.-- Susan L. Taylor
Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.-- Phoebe Cary
Chains
do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny
threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a
marriage last.-- Simone Signoret
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