“My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” —Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice.

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2. "He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."

—Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. Suggested by Vivi Hyacinthe on Facebook.

3. "Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same...If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger."

—Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights. Suggested by Alex Zrenner on Facebook.

4. "You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever."

—Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice. Suggested by Giovana Draghi on Facebook.

5. "You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught."

—Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago. Suggested by TXBluebonnet.

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