Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“For just this moment, he wanted her to see him for who he was, without the pity he knew she'd feel when she found…

— Travis Neighbor Ward

“She doesn't want his sympathy. She hates pity.”

— Julianna Baggott

“Her heart did not want to give up this burden, painful though it was ... The crushing pain in her chest was all she…

— Rosslyn Elliott

“She didn't want pity. Just to love a man and have a man love her. This was nothing to apologize for or feel weak…

— Robin Schwarz

“She had seen what it cost him and her heart quickened with compassion. For that alone, she might have loved him almost.”

— Cecilia Dart-Thornton

“Looking at that pain in her eyes, he felt a closeness with her that he had never experienced before. Like they shared something powerful…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“She'd seen the kindness in him that he hid from the world, and she'd glimpsed some of the pain that he kept to himself.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so...simple. She was gone…

— Debbie Macomber

“She wanted him happy, more even than she wanted happiness for herself. And yet, knowing he was on his way to finding what he…

— Nora Roberts

“It hurt because he knew she loved him; she had told him as much. It just-just not enough...”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She felt abused, used, cherished, and pleasured. She despised him. She loved him. She mistrusted him. She had complete faith in him. “Ah!”

— Connie Brockway

“He loved her as though it had never occurred to him that he could feel otherwise. She wanted to be someone who deserved a…

— Claire Vaye Watkins