How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She married soon thereafter, the selfsame man who accused her of sublimity, and gave him merry hell for many years. (1.11)
As Goldman shows us, marriage isn't always the happiest of things. In fact, there are more characters in this book that regret getting married than ones who don't.
Quote #2
Buttercup's parents did not have exactly what you might call a happy marriage. All they ever dreamed about was leaving each other. (1.38)
Once again, Goldman shows us two characters that can't stand being married to one another; there are also several other points in this book where Goldman talks about his own marriage as being cold and unemotional. So yeah, there's not a whole lot of love for the institution of marriage.
Quote #3
Her tone was surprisingly tender, and probably she sensed how important he really was to her, because when he did die, two years further on, she went right after, and most of the people who knew her well agreed it was the sudden lack of opposition that undid her. (1.53)
Even though Buttercup's parents are always at each other's throats, it's actually their fighting that keeps the two of them going. Once one of them dies, the other one doesn't really know what to do and dies soon after. It's kind of a touching detail in its own way.