I wasn't sure if we were still engaged.
After everything we've been through? After true love conquered all? Emily shook her head. Being dead had done nothing to alleviate your obtuseness, Mr. Stanton.
Being dead allowed me to learn the heart's deepest secret, he said. That sometimes love—even true love—isn't enough.
But it's a start, Emily said.

Chapter 25, Lyakhov's Anodyne (p. 353) - The Hidden Goddess (2011)