Introduction For centuries men and women have had different concepts of what love is. Men embrace love logically and realistically, women on the other hand romanticize it. "Romantic love" is somewhat narrower than simply "love", but we often lack precise meanings when we use it. We all want to fall in love. Why? Because that experience makes us feel completely alive. Where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the heavens. It may only last a moment, and hour, an afternoon. But that doesn't diminish its value. Because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives. "And love can come to everyone, the best things in life are free." - Lew Brown & Buddy De Sylva   The human experience of love has long been one studied by artists, poets, playwrights, and researchers alike. Research into love has crossed the assumed boundary between sociological and psychological research. Nonetheless, research has focused on using psychological approaches to study love and romantic relationships; such research studied whether scholars’ developed hypotheses can be proven in the world. Few studies chose to use qualitative measures to better understand the personal experience of participants by investigating their stories and definitions of love. As such the purpose of this study is to expand on the concept of love in literature. The theme of love has been a recurrent one in the history of literature. "To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind." - Theophile Gautier. Love is an interesting subject in literature because love, unlike other themes, has many twists and turns and many different endings. Love has been present in early works of literature, such as Greek and Roman mythology, and has continued through Victorian and contemporary times. Love is unique in that it is a constant: while it goes on through different decades and di