He did not understand that it was the very intensity of her love which gave her the strength to resist his pleading, where a more shallow affection might have yielded.
他不明白,正是她爱得太深,才有力量抵抗他的恳求;若感情浅一些,她也许反倒会让步。
— L. M. Montgomery · Kilmeny of the Orchard · Chapter XIV —