Love Martyr/Quotes

She cuts you once
She cuts you twice
But still you believe
The wound is so fresh you can taste the blood

But you don't have strength to leave.

—Billy Joel, "Stiletto"

I've been a martyr for love
I need to be by your side
I have knelt at your feet
I have felt your deceit

Couldn't leave if I tried

—Depeche Mode, "Martyr"

Hermione you're so lovely
I shiver and I shake
Even when you shove me
Into the Great Lake
And hold me under water
With your dainty foot
If you were any hotter

I would turn to soot!

—Ron from the Potter Puppet Pals musical

Fate: I... am not Alicia Testarossa. However, I... Fate Testarossa... was born by you and raised by you. I am your daughter!
Precia: (laughs) So what? You expect me to think of you as my daughter now?

Fate: If you wish... If you wish, I will protect you from anyone or anything in this entire world. Not because I'm your daughter... but because you're my mother!

—Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Episode 12

"I am your spaniel, and, Demetrius, The more you beat me I will fawn on you. Use me but as your spaniel: spurn me, strike me, Neglect me, lose me; only give me leave (Unworthy as I am) to follow you. What worser place can I beg in your love (And yet a place of high respect with me) Than to be used as your dog?"

—Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1

"The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care, right? Yeah!"

—"Self-Esteem" by The Offspring

"Senna the witch was selfish and cruel and manipulative, but I would always love her, always try to protect her.

—David Levin, Understand the Unknown.

If loving her is a heartache for me
And if holding her means that I have to bleed
Then I am the martyr and love is to blame
[...]

If right is leaving, I'd rather be wrong.
—Trading Yesterday, "She Is the Sunlight"

You are my princess and I am your servant
Fate divided these pitiful twins
If it means that I can protect you

Then I too will become evil

—Len Kagamine, "Servant of Evil"