“If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and – pity me. Even the open, transparent lake has its unknown depths, which no divers know.”

“There are not enough days in forever to allow me to fully express the depth of my love for you.”

“They looked at me and asked me to be merciful; they did not command, they begged ... asking for the pity that lay dormant in my soul. And now I know that if those same eyes looked at me again and asked for every drop of my blood, if they asked me to bear death, torture, or even shame, I would become as thou truly sayest—a slave.”

“It is like looking down from the cliffs of Moher into the depths. Many go down into the depths and never come up. Only the trained diver can go down into those depths and explore them and come to the surface again.”

“I would lay down everything I possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn't love, it's the best I have.”

“It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.”