Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,
But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 3, Scene 3. Othello, speaking to himself, exclaims his intense love for Desdemona. This is just after she prevails upon him to meet with Cassio. There is ominous foreshadowing when Othello predicts his life with Desdemona will turn to chaos when he no longer feels love for her.