“He is not to them what he is to me,” I thought:

“He is not to them what he is to me,” I thought: “he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine- I am sure he is- I feel akin to him- I understand the language of his countenance and movements: though rank and wealth sever us widely, I have something in my brain and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him.” Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre [Book Cover: Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics), Publication: 8.15.2006.]

{Mr. Rochester, my favorite Byronic hero, when viewed from Jane’s perspective. Tolerably possessive and yet compassionate and romantic.}