Definition of love Quote by Shannon Thomas

“If your definition of love is wanting to see another person authentically happy and living a fulfilled life, then the answer is no. Psychological…

— Shannon Thomas

Abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. No one can rightfully claim…

— Bell Hooks

“Almost no abuser is mean or frightening all the time. At least occasionally, he is loving, gentle, and humorous and perhaps even capable of…

— Lundy Bancroft

Love is a very beautiful feeling, some people like to abuse it...

— Maria Rivera

When a person only knows abuse, they shift their whole emotional and spiritual life into the context of that abuse. If all you've ever…

— Anohni

Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is…

— Bell Hooks

Love isn't actually a feeling at all--it's an illness, a certain condition of body and soul.... Usually it takes possession of someone without his…

— Ivan Turgenev

As we learn to share and give and care, love increases. A person who knows how to love does not seem to feel lonely…

— John Templeton

“When we feel deeply drawn to someone, we cathect them; that is, we invest feelings or emotion in them. That process of investment wherein…

— Bell Hooks

When someone loves us we don't feel the pain of love We simply enjoy their care. But, When we love someone We feel the…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Abuse is not love. That's no way to treat a woman.

— Michel'le

“The confusion of love with abuse is what allows abusers who kill their partners to make the absurd claim that they were driven by…

— Lundy Bancroft