How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
In her less important moments she returned to America, met Stephen Blaine and married him—this almost entirely because she was a little bit weary, a little bit sad. (1.1.3)
Amory's mother Beatrice is a fairly depressed person, and it's during one of her funks that she travels to America and marries Amory's father Stephen. It's not a great reason to get married, and it hammers home the message for Amory that marriage ain't always romantic.
Quote #2
"I'd marry that girl tonight." (1.1.251)
Amory admires people who can express their feelings clearly and without any hesitation. In this case, one of his friends says that he'd like to marry an actress he's just seen on a Broadway stage. Now this would have been during a time when actresses were thought to be scandalous people. But this dude doesn't care, and Amory wishes he were more like his buddy.
Quote #3
"Oh!" Amory gasped in horror. "She wouldn't think of marrying… that is, not now. I mean the future, you know." (1.2.373)
When asked whether he's going to marry Isabelle Borgé, Amory answers that Isabelle isn't interested in marrying yet. But in truth, he's probably talking about himself.
Quote #4
But he fell gradually in love and began to speculate wildly on marriage. (1.4.215)
Amory likes to think about marrying his distant cousin Clara. But the fact is that Clara has already lost one husband and isn't interested in doing the whole marriage thing again. This just goes to show that when it comes to marriage, Amory can sometimes seem doomed.
Quote #5
"I'd never marry again. I've got my two children and I want myself for them." (1.4.264)
As she tells Amory, Clara has no interest in getting married after her first husband has died. She has her children and only wants to take care of them. She doesn't want to divide her love between them and a new husband.
Quote #6
"You're not in love with me. You never wanted to marry me, did you?" (1.4.267)
Even after she has already rejected Amory, Clara is convinced that he never wanted to marry her in the first place. Amory admits that it all might have been a pipe dream, but it was a beautiful pipe dream.
Quote #7
"Any one who marries me will have his hands full. I'm mean—mighty mean." (2.1.214)
Rosalind Connage warns Amory early on that she's very mean and that any man who marries her will have a tough go. But Amory doesn't listen, and he ends up getting his heart shattered.
Quote #8
"Amory […] when you're ready for me I'll marry you." (2.1.309)
Rosalind promises Amory that she'll marry him if he wants. But here's the thing: she totally ends up dumping him and breaking his heart because he's not enough of a big shot for her. How's that for love?
Quote #9
"But in regard to matrimony, you are now at the most dangerous period of your life. You might marry in haste and repent at leisure, but I think you won't." (2.2.253)
Monsignor Darcy thinks that Amory marrying Rosalind is a bad idea from the first moment he hears about it. And time ends up proving him right, because Rosalind dumps Amory and leaves him scarred for life.
Quote #10
"I haven't the patience to write books; and I never met a man I'd marry. However, I'm only eighteen." (2.3.45)
Eleanor Savage is a free spirit, and that's what Amory loves about her. But she might be too much of a free spirit in the end (at least according to 1920s society) because she likes her freedom so much she can never imagine herself giving it up by marrying.