Love is like a candle flame. Its shape may change, but unless you blow it out, it's always there. There are many types of love, and an amassment of ways it can be expressed. Rewgardless, no matter how you show love towards someone, you care about them just as much as yourself.
Love can mean that you have extreme passion for a friend, or even more than that. When you are with that person, time freezes and the world seems to light up. There is no need to pretend who you are, because if they truly care about you, they will think abou the positive things about you, not your flaws. Also, bragging and rudeness do not exist when there is love.
When you leave somone you love, life becomes a nightmare. There is a pain that never leaves. However, that person is never truly gone because they are still in your heart.

It is to my full belief that love is not something you want to chase away.