Don’t confuse loving someone with needing them. Need is based on insecurity and dependency. When you need someone, you believe you can’t live without them. When you love someone, you can be happy alone and you can continue to love them even after you are no longer romantic partners.
“Emotions unite us, beliefs divide us”.
Embraceable Mind 
This is very true………..but it is a hard truth to learn and accept. Once accepted and lived out it is then a pure love — even if never visible to the object of your love.