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“Who is this cautious unhoping young woman? Where is the hero who bore such batterings for love and stood up before witnesses to ask me to be a hero too? And I am a hero now. Can't you see? We can be an army of two. We can be Plato's perfect army: lovers, who will never behave dishonorably in each other's sight, and invincible. Let the world either kill us or grow accustomed to us; here we stand.”
― Isabel Miller, Patience & Sarah

“I would not for the whole world diminish you. I know it is usual in these circumstances to protest¡ª"I love you for yourself alone"¡ª"I love you essentially"¡ªand as you imply, my dearest, to mean by "you essentially"¡ªlips hands and eyes. But you must know¡ªwe do know¡ªthat it is not so¡ªdearest, I love your soul and with that your poetry¡ªthe grammar and stopping and hurrying syntax of your quick thought¡ªquite as much essentially you as Cleopatra's hopping was essentially hers to delight Antony¡ªmore essentially, in that while all lips hands and eyes resemble each other somewhat (though yours are enchanting and also magnetic)¡ªyour thought clothed with your words is uniquely you, came with you, would vanish if you vanished¡ª”
― A.S. Byatt, Possession

“Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.”
― James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice

“Explain to me again," he begged, "why we are here."

She had told him once before; it had been like listening to a vivid, improbable dream.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Ombria in Shadow