بریده‌ای از کتاب Tuesday with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson اثر Mitch Albom

Is there some kind of rule to know if a marriage is going to work? Morrie smiled. "Things are not that simple, Mitch. "I know. "Still," he said, "there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike. "And the biggest one of those values, Mitch? Yes? "Your belief in the importance of your marriage.