See Also: FRIENDSHIP, LOVE

1. Always at her side like a Great Dane —Carlos Baker
2. As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affection —Anna Jameson
3. Devoted and caretaking as a cat with her kittens —Katherine Anne Porter
4. (In the end, people’s) devotion hung like rocks around your neck —Alice Munro

   See Also: CLINGING

5. Endless devotion … like a straitjacket —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
6. Faithful (to each other) as the Canada goose, more or less —Laurie Colwin
7. Fickle as spring sunlight —Carolyn Kizer
8. A heart true as steel —William Shakespeare

   Shakespeare gave this comparison from Midsummer Night’s Dream a slight twist in Romeo and Juliet: “My man’s as true as steel.”

9. Like a woman in her first love affair, he insisted on unconditional commitment —Ariel Dorfman
10. Loyal, like a dog —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
11. Loyalty … small and hard, like buckshot lodged in her stomach —Sarah Litsey
12. To say that you can love one person all your life is just like saying that one candle will continue burning as long as you live —Leo Tolstoy
13. True to her husband as the dial to the sun —Henry Fielding