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Goodreads asked Bill Powers:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Bill Powers An easy answer for me would be Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but as much as I adore them, I'll pass.

My favorite couple is a tie between 1) Aloysius Xingus Leng (A. X. L.) Pendergast and his ward/research assistant/Amanuensis, Miss Constance Greene. The young looking Constance (I'll say no more about her age) clearly loves Pendergast, almost violently so and he her, but he cannot allow himself that happiness.

2) My second favorite couple is Niles Crane and Daphne Moon from Frasier. This was one of the best written comedies on television and the long-running love affair between Niles and Daphne in which they never speak of it or touch each other for 8 season was masterfully done and very romantic.

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