Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of ones own self. – Erich Fromm
Love is the second prevailing virtue, that adorns her character. Without it she is like a closed blossom which exhibits neither its beauty or its fragrance; love reveals her inward mystery. – Frederick A. Rauch, “Of Woman,” Psychology; or, A View of the Human Soul: Includ