I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence. - Theodore Dreiser

She loved him with that love which is the crowning mystery of the human brain and the human heart, that transcends in its strength and its weakness all fear of shame or punishment from even the immortal throne above.

Marriage was not only impossible but unnecessary. He had only to say “Come” and she must obey; it was her destiny.

In many cases where one is content to lead a secluded life it is not necessary to say much of one's past, but as a rule something must be said. People have the habit of inquiring — if they are no more than butchers and bakers. By degrees one must account for this and that fact, and it was so here. .