Betrothed Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He was there in her heart – as a lover, a friend, a reluctant saviour, and something else, too, that was too ethereal to…

— Dianna Hardy

“He would give up his wings and heaven for her, a woman he loved but would never truly belong to him, a woman he…

— J.L. Sheppard

“To love her was to taste sweet surrender. For had she not entered his life, he would have sought the wonders of both Heaven…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Hers was the perfect love that dwells on the other's happiness, and not on its own. She knew that, though for the time being…

— Baroness Emma Orczy

“He vowed that the thought of her should continue ever before him to help him keep his hands as clean as a man might…

— Rafael Sabatini

“She tasted of salvation and damnation at once. No woman had ever lured him to forget who he was…forget his past, his future, and…

— Vonda Sinclair

“She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without…

— Jennifer Saint

“He loved her beyond earth, heaven, or hell. Every moment out of her company was agony; every moment with her was the only peace…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Existence, after losing her, would be hell”

— Emily Brontë

“He was humbled by her infinite love toward him - it shone through even in his afterlife.”

— H. L. Balcomb

“If you are not careful, their beauty will become both heaven and hell, you will betray every oath, abandon every loyalty, give up your…

— Laurell K. Hamilton