“If we must part forever,Give me but one kind word to think uponand please myself with, while my heart's breaking.”
“Give me one last time,” he begged. “Please, please. I beg you.” “I—” She stopped and started again. “I’m afraid, Gabriel. You’ll break my heart.” “Mine is already broken.”
“I am going to give you my heart now," I whispered. "Please don't break it again.”
“Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!”
“This very heart which is mine will forever remain indefinable to me. Between the certainty I have of my existence and the content I try to give to that assurance, the gap will never be filled. Forever I shall be a stranger to myself.”
“My world slowed and I closed my eyes. “I am going to give you my heart now,” I whispered. “Please don’t break it again.”