He Never Intended To Love Her
She lifted her face to him, and he bent forward and kissed her on the mouth, gently, with the one kiss that is an eternal pledge.
And as he kissed her his heart strained again in his breast.
He never intended to love her. But now it was over.
He had crossed over the gulf to her, and all that he had left behind had shriveled and become void.
~ D.H. Lawrence The Horse dealer’s Daughter