“You will love your child.”
“My love lies there.”
“Love is a terrible thing.”
“It is life.”
“Love is death.”
“What do you know of love? Poor child, you have never loved.”
“I was never loved.”
“Ah, I was loved! Why do you weep? Who knows not love can smile at suffering.”
She shrank from him.
“Do not touch me, I pray you! Respect—the living.”