Anne Morrow Lindberg

People talk about love as though it were something you could give, like an armful of flowers. And a lot of people give love like that-just dump it down on top of you, a useless strong-scented burden. I don’t think it is anything you can give.Love is a force in you that enables you to give other things. It is the motivating power. It enables you to give strength and freedom and peace to another person. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give something else by means of it.