" Please know this, Miss Wilkins. I am most reservedly saving my affection for one woman only, the woman I plan to marry. When God brings that woman into my life, I pray I shall be found worthy of her love. That for having refrained from giving my love away to others. I might have an overflowing abundance to bestow upon her alone. "

― Jody Hedlund , A Reluctant Bride (The Bride Ships, #1)