The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.
Irvin D. YalomLove is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love. Rather, love is a way of being, a "giving to," not a 'falling for"; a mode of relating at large, not an act limited to a single person.
Irvin D. Yalom