I do not declare that I have no intention of marrying on any general principle. If I were to see the right man, no doubt I should eat my words with a ready appetite. The simple fact is, I have never seen him yet, and at the age of thirty, reason inclines me rather to conclude that he does not exist, than to persist in the belief that he is still somewhere to be found

A happy marriage- a love match- is something overwhelming, and overpowering.

You have made him live.

I have striven never to betray myself

When you are in love- everything is romantic

I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.

Probably no purer incitement to hatred existed, Lydia had found, than being told of anyone or anything: you will love him, her or it. The spirit immediately rose up like a fanged cobra.

Aye, so: there is love, and there is indulgence, and they may touch sometimes but they're not the same.

It is painful to see someone suffering what you must be suffering- watching someone you love be so cruelly hurt.