" I envy your lady a bit. She's lucky.'
That gave him pause. 'Kitty? Whatever for? Are you harbouring some deep longing to Complement a rotund leech?'
'It's hard not to envy the one who is held in such high regard by someone so passionate,' she mused. 'It's like you're ready to burst with all the fire you feel. It's intoxicating.'
'Not to me,' he said. 'It's horrible.'
'Caring?'
'Yes. I don't recommend it at all. "

― Rebecca Crunden , A History of Madness (The Outlands Pentalogy #2)