How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire. (1.1)
Here we have yet another story starting with the quest for love. This is not in and of itself unusual—a lot of stories start that way—but the particular twists and turns that this story takes are pretty unique. And we see love playing a pretty big role throughout.
Quote #2
He nodded, and stumbled away from her; he did not need to ask how she knew his surname; she had taken it from him along with certain other things, such as his heart, when he had kissed her. (1.153)
Dunstan falls for the nameless slave at the booth, and boy, he falls hard. It's not a case of love at first sight so much as love at first kiss, and they go on to do much more than kiss. Not that every instance of love is expressed physically, but the kind of romantic and sexual attraction between Dunstan and the slave girl seems charged enough to find an outlet of that sort.
Quote #3
Dunstan Thorn was married in June to Daisy Hempstock. And if the groom seemed a little distracted, well, the bride was as glowing and lovely as ever any bride had been. (1.216)
Is it a love match between Dunstan and Daisy? If Dunstan's affair with the faerie slave at the market hadn't happened, we'd be more inclined to say yes. But then, it's possible to love more than one person simultaneously, isn't it? Don't parents love their kids, no matter how many of them there are? Can't someone fall in love early in life, and later in life, without one diminishing the other? Maybe Dunstan's love for Daisy is a different kind of love than his love for the faerie girl, one that burns slower and less passionate.