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"I pray you to excuse my emotion, which must astonish you who are only accustomed to the happiness I meet here; but contentment is so new a sight to me, that I could never be weary of looking at yourself and your husband."

I am Giovanni Bertuccio; thy death for my brother's; thy treasure for his widow; thou seest that my vengeance is more complete than I had hoped.

"And you think you are avenged ... of that man who has planted madness in your brain, and despair in your heart. And remember it is often he who comes off victorious from the strife, absolved of all crime in the eyes of the world. No, had I to avenge myself, it is not thus I would take revenge. In return for a slow, profound, eternal torture, I would give back the same, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

"No one had ever spoken to her of love, because it was known that she was beloved by Vampa. And yet the two young people had never declared their affection; they had grown together like two trees whose roots are mingled, whose branches intertwined, and whose intermingled perfume rises to the heavens. Only their wish to see each other had become a necessity, and they would have preferred death to a day's separation."

"And now," said the unknown, "farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude!
Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been heaven's substitute to recompense the good— now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!"

"This idea was one of vengeance to me, and I tasted it slowly in the night of my dungeon and the despair of my captivity. But now I have forgiven the world for the love of you.."

"While retracing the past, I forget the present; and traversing at will the path of history I cease to remember that I am myself a prisoner."

"In time ...
I will see only when I dream."

"Can you imagine it?
I'd never seen such silence in someone who was alive."

"I remember the feeling of aching love, how it seeped into my skin. Clogging the marrow in my bones and shrivelling my heart ... That was when I realized. That love was a terrible agony."

"Hundreds upon thousands of moments glitter in unison, like snowflakes whose elaborate shapes are in full view. How this is possible, I can't say. My every pain and joy, all my deep-rooted sorrows and loves, shine, not as an amalgam but as a whole comprised of distinct singularities, glowing together as one giant nebula."

"How does one endure it?
Without a fire raging in one's chest.
Without a you to return to and embrace."

"There are people who brandish their sharpest weapon as they are taking their leave. We know this from experience. They do this so as to slice the tenderest part of the person they are leaving with the precision that proximity grants us."

"Do you believe in God? I know it’s a personal question. I do. And I think He was pretty awesome to make relativity a thing, don’t you? The faster you go, the less time you experience. It’s like He’s inviting us to explore the universe, you know?"

"But, for all that - for all his savage words, he could have thrown himself at her feet, and kissed the hem of her garment."

"Margaret caught one glance at his face before he went. When he was gone, she thought she had seen the gleam of unshed tears in his eyes.."

this man 😭

"He dreaded lest he should go forwards to meet her, with his arms held out in mute entreaty that she would come and nestle there, as she had done, all unheeded, the day before, but never unheeded again."

"I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.
...
But I know she does not care for me. I shall put myself at her feet - I must. If it were but one chance in a thousand - or a million - I should do it."

"Mr Thornton felt that in this influx no one was speaking to Margaret, and was restless under this apparent neglect. But he never went near her himself; he did not look at her. Only, he knew what she was doing - or not doing - better than he knew the movements of any one else in the room."

"She fell asleep, hoping for some brightness, either internal or external. But if she had known how long it would be before the brightness came, her heart would have sunk low down."