Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

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Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.

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Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.

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Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

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Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.

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The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

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One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.

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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.

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Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

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