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The typical example of Gift-love would be that love which moves a man to work and plan and save for the future well-being of his family which he will die without sharing or seeing.
The Four Loves, chapter "Likings and Loves for the Sub-human", 1960
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

Lewis opens The Four Loves by distinguishing Gift-love from Need-love. His first example of Gift-love is a father — a man who sacrifices for a future he will never live to see. This is not romantic love or friendship love.

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