Mort was hurt by this. It was one thing not to want to marry someone, but quite another to be told they didn't want to marry you.
Terry PratchettThe Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the other hand, was practical. You knew where you were with kindness, especially if you were holding a pie it had just given you.
Terry Pratchett