Logan

“He needed to tell her...what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn't pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. That without meaning to, he'd begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near. He needed to thank her for his new hat.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride & Predjudice

“His voice was gruff as he said, 'It would be a poor courtesy to Hod's skill to pass this on with a blunted blade. Take better care of it than I did, Fitz.' He resheathed it and handed it to me. His eyes met mine as I took it, 'And better care of yourself than I did. I did love you, you know.' he said brusquely, 'despite all I've done to you, I loved you.'

At first I could think of no answer to that. Then, as he reached his dragon and placed his hands on its brow, I told him, 'I never doubted it. Never doubt that I loved you.”
― Robin Hobb

“I was the Fool and the Fool was me. He was the Catalyst and so was I. We were two halves of a whole, sundered and come together again. For an instant I knew him in his entirety, complete and magical, and then he was pulling apart from me, laughing, a bubble inside me, separate and unknowable, yet joined to me. "You do love me !" I was incredulous. He had never truly believed it before. "Before, it was words. I always feared it war born of pity. But you are truly my friend. This is knowing. This is feeling what you feel for me. So this is the Skill". For a moment he reveled in simple recognition.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest