Marriage Market Quotes

“At your age, I would expect you to have had a boyfriend or two, but if you've had intimate-"
"I'm not that old." Layla bristled, cutting him off.
"In this market you are." Sam smirked. "Most of the girls who have responded to my desilovematch.com profile are under twenty-one. You're practically an auntie. I'm surprised your profile got as much interest as it did.”
― Sara Desai, The Marriage Game

“At that time I had to keep meeting people and meeting people in case one of them was someone I could marry.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

“Every season produces some girl that the men follow with their eyes, and which other poor things want to emulate. They dissect her style, how she handles a fan, her walk, her slippers. The entitled nobility is a small group, well known to each other, desperate for novelty, always seeking someone they can either venerate or destroy. Still, while we thought ourselves wise and experienced, none of us were ready for Minette.”
― Byrd Nash, Delicious Death