to define true love, would be to ruin it's purity, therefore, It has no definition Originally Posted by Sweet N LittleAye, but without efforts, however feeble, to capture the quintessential character of true love, we would be deprived of many of the finest contributions to poetry, music and cinema. If you prefer stylistic simplicity, Jeremy Taylor’s statement that "Love is friendship set on fire" comes very close to capturing the heart of the matter. In reference to the fervor and devotion of true love, who could ever forget, “there ain’t no mountain high enough, Ain’t no valley low enough, ain’t no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you, baby.”