Dependence is not love.

It's the search for someone who makes you feel alive. Men become dependent not on women, but on the state of being around them.
A woman who can stir up an inner storm becomes their center. Whether it's painful or not doesn't matter. What matters is what's real.
She may not promise anything, but her gaze brings you back to life. This is why a man who has once experienced a real emotional storm later even misses the pain.