Paul Lewis, Homemade , Vol. Nothing can stop them, for they are certain that they are right. Maxwell Perkins, quoted by Father Henry Fehren in U.S. Catholic , May 1986. Disputes between married couples are no different from those between friends outside of marriage. Few friendships can survive constant or frequent quarrels.
Friends learn to curb the impulse to say bitter words in the interest of preserving the friendship.
In the same way, happily married couples learn to withhold the bitter criticism or cutting retort in order to avoid unpleasantness and to enjoy greater companionship. Judson T. Landis in Homemade , November, 1987. A horse can't pull while kicking. This fact we merely mention. And he can't kick while pulling, Which is our chief contention.