Courtney Milan

If it must be done, it's best done bravely.

You could make me say it again," he whispered. "Make me say it always. Make me say it so often that you never have cause to doubt. I love you.

Jenny: But surely Lord Blakely could not abandon his estates for so long.Gareth: No. Lord Blakely could not. Not unless he had someone he could trust to run his estates in his absence. And Lord Blakely...Well, Lord Blakely did not trust anyone.Jenny: Lord Blakely is talking about himself in the third person, past tense. Its disturbing.

Jenny: You didn't leave?Gareth: Of course I left. I was hungry, and I couldn't find anything to eat. I bought a loaf and some cheese. And oranges. Wait. You mean you thought I had left. Without saying a word to you. Would I do that?(Jenny nodded)Gareth: Damn it. You know better than most I'm no good at these things but even I am not that bad. Really, Jenny. Why would you believe such a thing of me?Jenny: I don't know, Maybe because you once told me all you wanted from me was a good shag?Gareth: I said that? (he looked surprised, then contemplative. Then apparently, he remembered and winced) God. I said that? Why did you even touch me?

Maybe that__ what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.

Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you _ and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.

I__l be your friend in daylight. I__l treat you as a comrade in every gas-lit ballroom. But alone, under moonlight, I__l not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.

Three quarters of respectable England hates you.""Half," Sebastian replied with a smile. "It's really only half. Judging by my correspondence, it may be as little as forty-eight percent. And of those, only a small number want to cause me bodily harm. The rest just wish to have me gagged or thrown in prison.

I fear that one day I will no longer understand desperation, and with that, I will slowly stop listening to what others have to say.