--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It is an unrelenting, passionate, fierce…" description: "\"“It is an unrelenting, passionate, fierce, and growing love that loves for the sake of loving; it loves to love, rather than loves to be loved. It want..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/debra-fileta-17775_growing-love_it-is-an-unrelenting-passionate-fierce-a_384206.jpg" --- # It is an unrelenting, passionate, fierce, and growing love… ![“It is an unrelenting, passionate, fierce, and growing love that loves for the sake of loving; it loves to love, rather than loves to be loved. It wants nothing from the other but the opportunity to love them better. A” quote by Debra Fileta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/debra-fileta-17775_growing-love_it-is-an-unrelenting-passionate-fierce-a_384206.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/debra-fileta-17775_growing-love_it-is-an-unrelenting-passionate-fierce-a_384206.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/debra-fileta-17775_growing-love_it-is-an-unrelenting-passionate-fierce-a_384206.jpg) > ““It is an unrelenting, passionate, fierce, and growing love that loves for the sake of loving; it loves to love, rather than loves to be loved. It wants nothing from the other but the opportunity to love them better. A”” [Debra Fileta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-fileta/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Love is most powerful when it seeks to give, not to receive, focusing on the other's growth. **In simple terms:** Love seeks to give, not receive. 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