"You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn't want you
anymore that he is right that his judgment and opinion of you are correct. If he throws you out, then you are
garbage. You think he belongs to you because you want to belong to him. Don't. It's a bad word, 'belong."
Especially when you put it with somebody you love. Love shouldn't be like that. Did you ever see the way the
clouds love a mountain? They circle all around it; sometimes you can't even see the mountain for the clouds. But
you know what? You go up top and what do you see? His head. The clouds never cover the head. His head pokes
through, because the clouds let him; they don't wrap him up. They let him keep his head up high, free, with
nothing to hide him or bind him. You can't own a human being. You can't lose what you don't own. Suppose you
did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want
somebody like that? Somebody who falls apart when you walk out the door? You don't, do you? And neither
does he. You're turning over your whole life to him. Your whole life, girl. And if it means so little to you that you
can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can't value you more than
you value yourself." - Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
What is the theme?