“Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.”

“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”

“Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.”

“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.”

“Love is the most selfish of all the passions.”

“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”

“Or as Gabe had done, to rescue your betrothed from some evil force. That appealed to him. But he'd yet to find a damsel in distress, oppressed by evil and in need of rescue.”

“She is not my mistress,' replied the young sailor gravely, she is my betrothed.'Sometimes one and the same thing,' said Morrel, with a smile.'Not with us, sir,' replied Dantes.”

“The truth is, replied Dantes, that I am too happy for noisy mirth; ...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.”

“The truth is,’ replied Dantes, ‘that I am too happy for noisy mirth; ...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.”

“I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.”

“We drive down the road in complete silence for a few miles listening to 50 Cent. As soon as he tells us that he's into having sex, he ain't into making love, Casey turns the volume down and begins ...”

“I love books where I can't wait to turn every page, songs that grab me the first time I hear them, and films that make me totally forget about the craft because I am totally engaged in the story.”