Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Mother Teresa
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. Erich Fromm
Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships. David Ives
Intense love always leads to mourning. Louise Gluck
Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried. Meg Cabot