Two favorite quotes about love appreciated by a dear woman who I loved and admired as a teen and young woman…
Creation of woman from the rib of man:
She was not made of his head to top him;
nor out of his feet to be trampled upon
by him; but out of his side to be equal
with him; under his arm, to be protected;
and near his heart to be beloved.
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Love is the passionate and abiding desire on
the part of two or more people to produce
together conditions under which each can
be, and spontaneously express, his real self;
to produce together an intellectual soil and an
emotional climate in which each can flourish,
far superior to what either could achieve alone.
~ Apples of Gold