elfinmirror:

“Oh, the wonderful speeches they made
to each other and the eternal vows they exchanged!  They played at
hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really
their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be very,
very handy to catch them, each time, without hurting them.”

-Gaston Leroux, “Phantom of the Opera”