“Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president...” — Jodi Kantor Quote

“Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.”

“Candidates' wives are supposed to sit cheerfully through their husbands' appearances.”

“In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary.”

“Some of us stay married because we're in competition with our divorcing 1960s and 1970s parents, who made such a hash of it. What looks appealing to us now, in an increasingly frenetic, digital world, is the 1950s marriage.”

“I believe in gay marriage.”

“Marriage largely entails love, respect, honesty, understanding and trust between two people, which only you can create for yourself to make it last.”