“I know you worry about me needing you, but I shouldn't be with you because I need you. I should be with you because I love you.”

“Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.”

“I want you to want me because you want me, not because of grief, not because he is not here. I want you to love me for me. I want you to kiss me first and not because you need me to help you, but because you need to kiss me.”

“I love you. I promise you don’t need to worry about anybody else stealing my heart because there is no competition. You won a long time ago.”

“I once told you to leave and not to love me,” he cried out, muffled. “I’m taking all of that back. Not because I deserve it or because I’m worthy of your love. But because I need it like the air I breathe. I need you. I need you to believe in me. I need your love to make me feel like I can be redeemed.”

“Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.”