Smoke And Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
“He glanced around uncomfortably. ‘It’s a feeling of deep affection and attraction for another being, often combined with passion and desire – a need to be with another.’ He spoke dryly, didactically, as if he were reciting a mathematical formula. ‘The feeling that we have for the Name, for our Creator – that is Love… amongst other things. Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure. We are…’ He paused, then began once more. ‘We are very proud of it.'”