„That he would love her no matter what she told him, and that he was the kind of man who loved her already and would love her forever.“
Quelle: Safe Haven
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— Bhartrihari Indian linguist, poet and writer 570
Nītiśataka 2
Variant translation from K.M. Joglekar:
That woman about whom I constantly meditate has no affection for me; she, however, yearns after another who is attached to someone else; while a certain woman pines away for me. Fie on her, on him, on the God of Love, on that woman, and on myself.
Śatakatraya
Original: (sa) यां चिन्तयामि सततं मयि सा विरक्ता
साप्यन्यमिच्छति जनं स जनोऽन्यसक्त:।
अस्मत्कृते च परिशुष्यति काचिदन्या
धिक्ताञ्च तं च मदनं च इमां च मां च ॥

„She wasn't in love but she would love him, if that would save her.“
— Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water
Quelle: Black Water

— Robert Burns Scottish poet and lyricist 1759 - 1796
Bonny Lesley
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

— W. Somerset Maugham British playwright, novelist, short story writer 1874 - 1965
"The pool", p. 123
Short Stories, Collected short stories 1

— J. M. Barrie Scottish writer 1860 - 1937
Quelle: The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 24 : The New World, and the Woman Who May Not Dwell Therein

„But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love forever.“
— Robert Burns Scottish poet and lyricist 1759 - 1796
Bonny Lesley.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variante: To see her is to love her,
And love but her forever;
For Nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!
— Kim Edwards, buch The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Quelle: The Memory Keeper's Daughter