“Let her own shortfalls, and not your vindictive perfectionism, be the quality that throws her to destruction.”
“Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.”
“It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities that she has, and not by the qualities she may not have.”
“Don't interfere!" The Doctor silenced her angrily. "I cannot will my own destruction.”
“If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”
“Wounded vanity can make a woman more vindictive than a lioness robbed of her cubs.”