In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
Love is just such a crucial, wonderful thing, and if you are lucky enough to find somebody who genuinely loves you, grab that person and hold on to that person, and nothing else matters.
A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.
The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.
Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby.
A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.