[M]y inexperienced heart was stormed. I… for a week or so lived on thought and tea. But who has not fasted thus long when first absorbed by the universal passion! – “Diary of a Surgeon,” in The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller; consist

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. – Author Unknown