Love: All That Matters

Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’ Erich Fromm

[L]ove is not like a response to a simple stimulus such as a picture. It is not even a single enduring state, like being cold. It encompasses many things, including: not feeling in love at that moment; hunger; indifference; delight; wanting to be kind; wanting to impress; worrying over the logistics of meetings; lust; awe; surprise; joy; guilt; ang

falling in love is a wildly inefficient process simply to ensure the perpetuation of genes.

We are not falling in love as the romantic novelist describes it. Rather, our biology is just seeking the best available mate.