"Do I realize solemnly enough how utterly and irretrievably this little womanly thing is the creature of my good or bad faith and fortune?
I think not. I think I could not, unless I were a woman myself.
What I am in worldly estate, she is.
What I become, she must become. What I cannot be, she cannot be.
And shall I ever neglect her, or hurt her, or even forget to consider her?
God forbid such a crime!"
~a groom speaking of his bride in Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy~
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