Erotic love begins with separateness, and ends in oneness. Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness.
Erich FrommI only wish to be the fountain of love from which you drink, every drop promising eternal passion.
Erich FrommLove is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.
Erich FrommGer-mans love the ambiguous word, verbal assonances as ends in themselves,vague concepts. Anglosaxons are more clear.
Erich Fromm