"Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination of people not to live without it"

This quote by Morton Hunt recommends that Americans position a high value on weding for love, and that this is shown in the high rate of divorce. However, Hunt recommends that this is not necessarily a sign of failure, but rather a sign of individuals's decision to not settle for anything less than love. He indicates that Americans want to take threats and make sacrifices in order to find and preserve real love. This quote speaks to the importance of love in American culture, and the lengths that people want to go to in order to discover it. It also recommends that Americans are not afraid to take risks and make changes in order to find and maintain true love.