Have you ever been in love Horrible isn't it ? It makes you so vulnerable . It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up . You build up all these defenses , you build up a whole suit of armor , so that nothing can hurt you , then one stupid person , wanders into your stupid life .. You give them a piece of you . They didn't ask for it . They did someting dumb one day , like kiss you or smile at you , then your life isn't yours anymore . Love takes hostages . It gets inside you . It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness , so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart . It hurts . Not just in the imagination . Not just in the mind . It's a soul-hurt , a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain . i hate love .

-Neil Gaiman

but i still love love.

for who the person is;

for how the person makes me feel;

for how the person makes me into.