Maria

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“If one day, a bhailach...ye should meet a verra large mouse named Michael-ye'll tell him your grandsire sends his regards.”
― Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes

“He bent and kissed me briefly, then headed for the door. Just short of it, though, he turned back.
"The, um, sperms ..." he said, a little awkwardly.
"Yes?"
"Can ye not take them out and give them decent burial or something?"
I hid my smile in my teacup.
"I'll take good care of them," I promised. "I always do, don't I?”
― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross