You do understand,” she continued, “that unless I had an object to

You do understand,” she continued, “that unless I had an object to love — or, more accurately, a someone to love — if I did not have such a relationship within myself, then I would not be capable of love at all? You would have a god who could not love. Or maybe worse, you would have a god who, when he chose, could love only as a limitation of his nature.