And then Almitra spoke again and said, And what of Marriage, master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillears of the temple standing apart, and the oak trees and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.


Kahlil Gibran The Prophet
Writings on Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he said:
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life looking for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite and He bends you with his might that His arrows may go swift and fat. Let the bending of the Archer's hand be for gladness; for even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

The Complete Writings of a Philosopher,
Poet, a Man of Genius:

Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Ship
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Love
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Marriage Children
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Giving Eating Drinking
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Work Joy Sorrow
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Houses Clothes Buying Selling
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Crime Punishment and Laws
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Freedom Reason Passion Pain
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Self Knowledge Friendship Teaching Talking
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Time Prayer Good Evil
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Beauty Pleasure
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Death Religion and Farewell

Marriage
Wedding Customs Traditions and Superstions