“The strength of a love is always misjudged if we evaluate it by its immediate cause and not the stress that went before it, the dark and hollow space full of disappointment and loneliness that precedes all the great events in the heart's history.” - Stefan Zweig
“Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says "I need you because I love you."” - Erich Fromm
