This. This is what I want.

[msss]

"Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins. So . . . is this Ekaterin another passing fancy?" The Count hesitated, his eyes crinkling. "Or is she the one who will love my son forever and fiercely - hold his household and estates with integrity - stand beside him through danger, and dearth, and death - and guide my grandchildren's hands when they light my funeral offering?"

A Civil Campaign by Lois Mcmaster Bujold

That dedication and commitment, passion and adoration, the defiance of life's adversity.