day no. 16,011: between the beloved and the danger: aphorisms for the love of fighting and the fight for love

"You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. You cannot fight without something to fight for. To love a thing without wishing to fight for it is not love at all; it is lust. It may be an airy, philosophical, and disinterested lust; it may be, so to speak, a virgin lust; but it is lust, because it is wholly self-indulgent and invites no attack. On the other hand, fighting for a thing without loving it is not even fighting; it can only be called a kind of horse-play that is occasionally fatal." - G.K. Chesterton

To love is to fight.

You cannot love something you won't fight for.

You cannot love something you won't defend.

You can fight without love, but you cannot love without fighting. 

You can hate what you're fighting without loving anything,

but you cannot love anything without fighting for it.

“Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.” -- C.S. Lewis

Love insists on fighting for the beloved and against those who oppose her.

Love cannot resist fighting on her behalf or against those who come against her.

Love stands between the beloved and the danger.