“I am especially fond of you.”
“Rather than fall completely under his spell, she huffed, “I should like to see you submissively fond of your wife. Given your professed opinions, I cannot expect much fondness from you as a husband, can I?” “Fondness, yes. Ridiculous, romantic, calf-eyed love, no, you may not,” he confirmed. “But when I am fond, Bess, I am very fond.”
“And indeed, human beings in general are fond, even inordinately fond, of being trampled on, have you noticed that? But of women it's especially true. One might even say they that can't get along without it.”
“In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond...”
“I am fond of lovely old words like 'locomotive'.”
“I am rather fond of ladybugs. They are so delightfully hemispherical.”