I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way

Don't you know... That I love you? Don't you know that I don't want to live without you?

Men seemed to find an obscene amount of pleasure in having the upper hand, in winning

In another time, he would have flown into a rage at those words, would have blustered and threatened, or lashed out in fury. But he was a different man now, a …

If I had thought thou couldst have died, I might not weep for thee; But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou couldst mortal be.

Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.

Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of these terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voice…