Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the others eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. – Maggie Gallagher
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know its the most exquisite love of all. – Maggie Gallagher
Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher. – Maggie Gallagher
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. – Maggie Gallagher
When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites instead it fragments. – Maggie Gallagher
Same-sex marriage is not the future. – Maggie Gallagher
Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement. – Maggie Gallagher
To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith. – Maggie Gallagher
