"Love is love, but marriage is an investment."

"Since he is unable to be the beloved, he will become the lover."

"Why should we not go to the extremes if we desire to play a part in the great world drama?...to go to the e…"

"passionately committed to the Union"

"That was when she recognized love: this torture on seeing someone, the greater torture when he was out of s…"

"He shakes his head, and he's saying something, and I think I might kiss him. Because I've never kissed anyo…"

"There is no inherent irreconcilability between love and coercion, but rather the reverse; under some circum…"