making it stick

I was recently quoted saying, "I don't believe in love," but I now realize that was wrong, and not what I meant.

I believe in love; it exists.

I know what it feels like to love and to get loved. I know that love has the ability to forever change you. It can make you stronger, but it can also break you and turn you into a mess.

Perhaps what I meant was, how do you make love stick?

We all change and grow, but love does not also always change and grow along with us.

I realized after blurting out that I didn't believe in love, that I am scared to be in love; I know how much it can hurt when it is unrequited.