Madara

“You know, mistress, that I love you, and shall love you always. I only mention this to bring to your mind that at any rate I would wish to do you no harm: beyond that I put it aside. I have lost in the race for money and good things, and I am not such a fool as to pretend to 'ee now I am poor, and you have got altogether above me. But Bathsheba, dear mistress, this I beg you to consider -- that, both to keep yourself well honoured among the workfolk, and in common generosity to an honourable man who loves you as well as I, you should be more discreet in your bearing towards this soldier.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“I was merely going to point out the coffee," I said. Bambleby was allergic to serious conversation - or indeed, any work at all - that took place before breakfast.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“Perhaps it is always restful to be around someone who does not expect anything from you beyond what is in your nature.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“You know, mistress, that I love you, and shall love you always”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd