Maya

“The only thing you can neither plan nor control, my dearest love, the duke had once told her, is love itself. When you find it, you must yield to it. But only if it is the one and only true passion of your life. Never if it is anything less than that, or life will consume you.

But how am I to know? She had asked him.

You will know.”
― Mary Balogh, A Secret Affair

“You still do not quite understand, do you?" she said softly. "I do not want you to change. I fell head over ears in love with you the first time I saw you just because you are who you are.”
― Mary Balogh, The Secret Mistress

“Be who you seem to be.”
― Maggie Osborne, Silver Lining

“If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back
to you, then its yours forever. If it doesnt, then it was never
yours to begin with.”
― Jack Engelhard, Indecent Proposal