What is love? We asked the inspirational women of our 2024 Valentine’s Day shoot to dig deep and tell us what the most heartfelt emotion means to them.
“Love to me is a lot of different things—it’s kind, it’s patient, it’s unconditional, it’s respectful.”
Adut
“I think love is unconditional—having no conditions for someone or something.”
Devyn
“Love is…family—it’s your chosen family.”
Grace
“I think you know love when you feel it—it’s family, friends, partners, places, something you eat.”
Jill
“Love is the meaning of life—it’s power.”
Mariacarla
“The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of love is freedom.”
Mayowa
“Love is an experience— The way that you love a person is because of the experiences.”
Paloma
“Love—amore— for me is passion, it’s sacrifice, it’s confidence. It’s also fear sometimes. It’s magic.”
Elisabetta
“Love to me means liberation, self-acceptance, freedom, joy, and dance.”
Honey