Viola: "Then think you right. I am not what I am."
Olivia: "I would you were as I would have you be."
(III.i.148-9)
This conversation shows how Olivia truly feels about Viola. She is of course still under the impression that Viola is a man and is truly in love with her. When Viola tells Olivia that she doesn't have that same feelings, Olvia says, "I would you were as I would have you be". I take this as Olivia saying she wishes Viola was in love with her, because that's whats she wants.
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Do you think that most lovers share Olivia's willful blindness?
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