How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Thus she demonstrated well the great love which she had for her husband, as Boccaccio himself noted, approving the marriage bond which others want to attack. (2.15.1)
There were people in Christine de Pizan's time who criticized marriage as a concept because they thought it only led to unhappy men and nagging wives. But Christine de Pizan wants to highlight all of the cases from history where men and women were married in total happiness.
Quote #8
Artemisia's loyal love for her faithful spouse thus was clear both in her acts and in this token, a love which lasted as long as she lived. (2.16.1)
In the story of Artemisia, we find that women are capable of loving men even when they are separated for a very long time. And yes, Christine de Pizan believes that a woman can love a man for life.
Quote #9
And after the two lovers had frequently met, thanks to this sign, and spoken altogether at this crack where they made their piteous complaints, at last, overwhelmed by too much love, they plotted how they would flee from their parents secretly, by night, and meet outside the city near a spring, under a white mulberry tree. (2.57.1)
The story of Pyramus and Thisbe doesn't have a very happy ending. But the image of these two lovers speaking through a crack in a wall is super romantic because it shows how much they love one another's minds instead of their bodies. They are separated by a wall, after all, and can't see each other. D'awwwww.