Ross Miller

“There was one thing he clung to, an excuse perhaps, like the dead emperor. It was the soul of the wretch, apathy, the belief that nothing was his fault, the belief that he couldn't change anything. If a man was cursed or if he believed he didn't have to care then he didn't need to hurt when he failed. Those failures couldn't have been prevented. Someone or something else had ordained them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings Prime

“he was one of those who are damned to love once”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Because,” Buttercup said, “marriage involves love, and that is not a pastime at which I excel. I tried once, and it went badly, and I am sworn never to love another.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride