To the Sadeian mind, Love is most often unavailable, is bitter, and is acquired only after painful struggle. The Sadeian notion of Love is something that cannot be acquired until one gains full knowledge of the self, and this in turn cannot be acquired until one is willing to come face-to-face with all of the horrifying images and realities we have stored within us.  Sadeian Love is the pursuit of Eros, the Greek God of Love, that for which our soul longs to join, that which provides the soul with inspiration and desire.

     In all, Sade's point is that, for all the splendor and bliss associated with Love, there is also pain, emptiness, and longing, the value of which is equal to that which society claims to be desirable of Love in the first place. To Sade, these are worthless unless and until we are ready to accept and experience Love's ugly sides too.