"You need not fear me, for I not only should think it wrong to marry a man that was deficient in sense or in principle, but I should never be tempted to do it; for I could not like him, if he were ever so handsome, and ever so charming, in other respects; I should hate himâ€”despise himâ€”pity himâ€”anything but love him.Â My affections not only ought to be founded on approbation, but they will and must be so: for, without approving, I cannot love.Â It is needless to say, I ought to be able to respect and honour the man I marry, as well as love him, for I cannot love him without."

-- Anne Bronte

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