“Je suis à votre commande, seigneur.”

“Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris,Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran,Quar de s’amor no suy devis,Ni no sai si ja n’aurai ni quan,Qu’en lieys es tota le mercésQue·m pot sorzer o decazer.”“Not dying nor living nor healing,there is no pain in my sickness, for I am not kept from her love.I don’t know if I will ever have it,for all the mercy that makes me flourish or decay is in her power.”

“Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno.”

“The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I’d rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom.”

“Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.”

“You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it.”

“It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.”