I remember…
…how we hugged, kissed and exchanged “I love you’s” whenever we parted.

Voltaire to a Lover (date unknown)
If you love me, reassure yourself; and call all your strength and presence of mind to your aid… and be assured that the menace of the greatest tortures will not prevent me… No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives..