Status Updates From Je t'offrirai la Lune (Les ...

"'I am, as you like to say, the most organized man in Britain. I always have a plan, and I always follow it. It feels quite nice to do something spontaneous again.'"

"Sometimes just feeling her in his arms was all he needed. His body didn't race with desire, his loins didn't harden and throb. He just needed to hold her."

"Her mind held a picture of Robert, examining a hundred nightgowns until he found one he deemed perfect. He did everything with such care and precision."

"She had asked him over and over not to try to control her life, but when he finally put a decision into her hands, she was unable to act."

"'Tell me yes or tell me no,' he bit out, 'but don't demand that I give you a choice and then not make one.'"

"'I suppose I could point out that I've abducted you, but I imagine you've already figured that out on your own.'"

"'I'm not being vindictive. I'm being honest. And I didn't just fall off the moon that time. You pushed me.'"

"'I'm happy now! Is that so difficult for you to understand? I like my position and I love my independence. For the first time in seven years I am perfectly content, and I don't want to upset the balance.'"

"'it's too late,' she whispered.
'Don't say that! We are no better than animals if we cannot learn from our mistakes and move forward.'"

"He recognized that much of his temper was due to the fact that he'd been scared out of his mind for the past few weeks, and he tried to gentle his tone." (182-3)

"'Much too dangerous for a woman by herself,' he said briskly, obviously trying to keep his temper in check under a facade of efficiency."

Just up and declares to everyone (including his family) that she's going to be his wife when she has no idea he knows the truth and they left on very uncertain terms.