Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very
pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As
love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals,
deep-burning and unquenchable.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.