“This is... mating, it's not love.”
“Losing a mate to death is devastating but it's not a personal attack like divorce. When somebody you love stops loving you and walks away, it's an insult beyond comparison.”
“I created you from one soul, and from the soul I created its mate so that you may live in harmony and love.”
“. . . clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude.”
“I never fancied cats much till I found the First Mate," he remarked, to the accompaniment of the Mate's tremendous purrs. "I saved his life, and when you've saved a creature's life you're bound to love it. It's next thing to giving life.”
“I loved him. My prince. My soul mate.”