Love, the strongest and deep­est ele­ment in all life, the har­binger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all con­ven­tions; love, the freest, the most power­ful moulder of human des­tiny; how can such an all-com­pel­ling force be syn­onym­ous with that poor little State and Church-begot­ten weed, mar­riage? – Emma Goldman