Love is a command, not just a feeling. Somehow, in the romantic world of music and theater we have made love to be what it is not. We have so mixed it with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we have robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing.
I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah: Moving from Romance to Lasting Love. 2005. p. 39. ISBN 9781418515812.