“Gimme hate, Lord,” he whimpered. “I’ll take hate any day. But don’t give me love. I can’t take no more love, Lord. I can’t carry it… It’s too heavy. Jesus, you know, you know all about it. Ain’t it heavy? Jesus? Ain’t love heavy?”
Source: Song of Solomon
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Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 397.
“Do you hate me so much?” “no, I can’t hate you. I wish I could, but I can’t””
Devoted

Source: Home Truths (1859), Ch. II: "Do You Want a Friend?", p. 21

“If you betray me, can I take a better revenge
Than to love the person you hate?”
Me puis-je mieux venger, si vous me trahissez,
Que d'aimer à vos yeux ce que vous haïssez?
Domitien, act IV, scene iii.
Tite et Bérénice (Titus and Berenice) (1670)