➳ quotes i've found in original pieces and fanworks:

• "My heart is completely in his keeping. The world would be empty for me without him, and I could no longer survive."

— Lancelot en prose (13th century)

• "My love for you is such that I would pray God not let me live a single death beyond the day of your death."

— Lancelot en prose (13th century)

• "No one grieves that much, she said. Your friend is gone. Forget him. No one remembers him. He is dead. Enkidu. Enkidu. Gilgamesh called out: Help me. They do not know you as I know you."

— Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative