I can see that you're in love, but only in a very narrow sense. It's the love of someone that finds charms and qualities in a woman that she doesn't actually have, who puts her in a class apart with every one else in second place, and who stays attached to her even while he's abusing her.
Pierre Choderlos de LaclosHow characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos