'"When one thinks of being married," said Polly Kirkland gently, "it isn't a question of the man you can live with, but the man you can't live without. And I am sorry, but I've not found that man."
"I suppose," returned Ainsley gloomily, "that my not being able to live without you doesn't affect the question in the least?"
"You have lived without me, " Miss Kirkland pointed out reproachfully, "for thirty years."'
~ excerpt from The Messengers