Cas

“I am just a rascal who tries to be honest—Scaramouche always, in fact; a creature of sophistries. Do you think that Ancenis would have me for its representative?”
“Will it have Omnes Omnibus for its representative?” Le Chapelier was laughing, his countenance eager. “Ancenis will be convulsed with pride.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

“Beyond doubt, my love for her was one of the purest, most romantic things in my life. Friendship for her? If she were healthy, strong? No — her way of taking life would be impossible for me. Entirely impossible. We would have talked to each other as though shouting from different rooms. And yet I feel regrets. If I could cancel it all out, and never possess her soul?”
― Bronislaw Malinowski, A Diary in the Strictest Sense of the Term

“Often, every daybreak, alone I must bewail my cares. There's now no one living to whom I dare mumble my mind's understanding.”
― Jonathan Glenn, The Wanderer

“I have heard it said that hearts inflamed by obstacles to their desire grew cold in time of security.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo