the word ‘love.’ … Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition. —bell hooks, All About Love

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What is love? A persuasive definition essay. 

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Love: noun. 1. A fantasy. 2. Not loneliness, rejection, or losing someone. 3. The most wonderful thing any human being can receive. 4. Desire to have. 5. Pain. 6. Something I push away. 7. An attachment. 8. Something essential to heal an emotional wound. 9. The one thing that can keep us together. 10. A pleasant thing that you liked when your family gave it to you or a shitty feeling when growing up was a painful experience. For everybody it’s different. 11. I don’t really know. —Original Definitions, 11th Grade English