

“Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.”
― H.M.S. Surprise
― H.M.S. Surprise

“Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so? / Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“The pain would not leave him. It came to him like the tide that hits the sea.”
― Truly, Madly, Deeply
― Truly, Madly, Deeply

“Out of her favour, where I am in love.”
― Romeo and Juliet
― Romeo and Juliet

“Why should you think that I should woo in scorn?
Scorn and derision never come in tears:
Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born,
In their nativity all truth appears.
How can these things in me seem scorn to you,
Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true?”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Scorn and derision never come in tears:
Look, when I vow, I weep; and vows so born,
In their nativity all truth appears.
How can these things in me seem scorn to you,
Bearing the badge of faith, to prove them true?”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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