Banished Quote by Stacy Reid

“How could he claim to love her, when he did not love what was essential in her?”

— Cecilia Grant

“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

“Once, within the dark threads of her existence, love was the reason she fought through all her troubles. Now it was the same reason…

— Ella Fleming-Christie

“(But he could not bring himself to say he loved her; not in so many words.)”

— Virginia Woolf

“More talk of love would lead to the difficulties surrounding...Oh, God, he loved her, he did, she did, they did, it was. It was.”

— Louisa Young

“They professed to love him for some unknown reason and they ignored all the things for which he could wish to be loved.”

— Ayn Rand

“She imagined herself as some sort of vessel to be filled up with love. But it wasn't like that. The love was within her…

— Kim Edwards

“She was his greatest possibility. His reason. His why. He would give whatever she needed to be whole and happy, because loving her was…

— Pam Godwin

“Because of that, he didn't know how to love someone who actually loved him. He had learned a twisted, tormented kind of love filled…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“In that moment he had loved her far more than he had ever done when they were together and free. Also he knew that…

— George Orwell

“He studied her expression, the look in her eyes. His heart contracted. He didn’t know what love looked like. He knew she was capable…

— Christine Feehan

“She always thought she needed someone to love when all she really needed to do was love the world and let love find her…

— Kate McGahan