"Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else"

In this quote, George Bernard Shaw is revealing his view on love, suggesting that it is an overstated sensation that arises from perceiving a difference in between someone and everybody else. He suggests that this exaggeration is a needed element of love, which without it, love would not exist. The distinction between the precious and everyone else may be physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual, but whatever it is, enjoy amplifies it to a severe degree. Shaw's point appears to be that the intensity of love comes not from the uniqueness of the cherished, but from the method which love misshapes our understanding of that individual.