“And besides, in the end, perhaps love demands marble palaces, white peacocks and swans.”

“Her knees were weak and if not for that marble pillar beside her shoulder she would faint and fall not far from the maze at the end of the main aisle of the church.”

“Another's wife is a white swan, and ours is bitter wormwood.”

“Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.”

“A woman makes her own end; she must embrace her true spirit and be what nature has intended of her, in matters of love and otherwise~~Jeni Decker-Lopez, The Peacock”

“Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.”