You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave you. You could have an easy life.

It doesn't do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to.

Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.

At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be painful?

He loved the way she smelled in the mornings; he liked to sniff at her shoulders or her throat.

Once started, love couldn't easily be stopped.

The years would pass like weeks, and loves would pass too, or else grow sour.