“Love overcame reason...I had rather beg my bread with him than to be the greatest queen christened.”

“He was so much in love with me that I could have asked him for the moon and stars, and he would have gathered them for me.”

“What had happened to our love? Somehow it had faded, or worn out, or simply withered away.”

“In difficult times bring to mind my words and the sound of my voice. In that way, I shall always be present for you.”

“If I must die, then I will die boldly, as I have lived.”

“But how am I to live in the meantime?' I wailed.'Tis for you to decide,' he said. 'You can be her enemy and make yourself miserable by it, or you can endure it. If 'twere me, I'd choose endurance.”

“And also...well...i told them I want to get an apartment with him next year rather than live in the dorms."What'd they say?"Over their dead bodies."What did you say?"I asked whether they wanted to be burie or cremated.”