title: Pure Gold: Encouraging Character Qualities in Marriage
author:  Susanne M. Alexander 
description: "Thank you for Pure Gold. Character is the foundation of life."<div>~ John Covey, Director of Franklin Covey Home and Family Division</div><br /><br /><div>&quot;Pure Gold is a lifeline for today's couples, containing rich definitions of the virtues that sustain joy, tenderness, and intimacy in our marriages. It provides valuable tools of understanding, reflection, and action, leading each couple to their own path of lasting transformation.&quot;</div><div>~ Linda Kavelin Popov, author of <i>The Family Virtues Guide</i> and <i>A Pace of Grace</i>; married to Dan Popov, Ph.D.</div><br /><br /><div>&quot;Intimacy, love, and partnership in marriage develop when spouses commit themselves to one another and develop the ethical strength to abide such commitments, even though they may call for significant sacrifices and compromises. With a refreshing openness to the common insights of both faith and science, Pure Gold lays out some simple steps couples can take to form and maintain this type of mature marriage.&quot;</div><div>~ Jason S. Carroll, Ph.D., coauthor of <i>Premarital Predictors of Marital Quality or Breakup</i>; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University</div><br /><br /><div>&quot;I have been happily married to my wife Jody for 23 years, a marriage therapist for twenty years, and the author of several books on marriage and family life. Yet I was learning new things as I devoured the pages of this book. Pure Gold is a pure gift--engaging, wise, and chock full of ideas that can be immediately put into action and make your marriage a pure joy.&quot;</div><div>~ Paul Coleman, Psy.D., author of <i>How to Say It for Couples: Communicating with Tenderness, Openness, and Honesty</i></div><br /><br /><div>&quot;Pure Gold is a solid formula for those who are willing to work on their marriage relationship and personal growth. God bless you for your obviously demanding labor of love for Love.&quot;</div><div>~ Greg and Ann Miller, Executive Directors of Open Door Family Ministry; married couple</div><div></div>
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  # Tom's Husband
  
  
  ### Sarah Orne Jewett
  
  
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  I SHALL not dwell long upon the circumstances that led to the marriage of my
  hero and heroine; though their
  
  
  courtship was, to them, the only one that has ever noticeably approached the
  ideal, it had many aspects in which
  
  
  it was entirely commonplace in other people's eyes. While the world in general
  smiles at lovers with kindly
  
  
  approval and sympathy, it refuses to be aware of the unprecedented delight
  which is amazing to the lovers
  
  
  themselves.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  But, as has been true in many other cases, when they were at last married, the
  most ideal of situations was found
  
  
  to have been changed to the most practical. Instead of having shared their
  original duties, and, as school-boys
  
  
  would say, going halves, they discovered that the cares of life had been
  doubled. This led to some distressing
  
  
  moments for both our friends; they understood su