Quotation by Shakespeare

We cannot fight for love, as men may do;
We should be wooed, and were not made to woo.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Helena, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 2, sc. 1, l. 241-2.

Following Demetrius, who is trying to shake her off.
Surprise me with a
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