the park swing... or purposes...

Yamada: I thought that Hagu-chan was in love with Morita...?
Mayama: She is in love with him.
Yamada: Then why?
Mayama: I think its a matter of what her purpose in life is.
Yamada: Purpose in life...?
Mayama: Yeah. Love is the reason for some but not for others. Hagu-chan is motivated by her desire to accomplish something... I believe.
Yamada: Is that more important than love?
Mayama: It’s not a matter of which is more important or which is right. It is not an act of selfishness either. She chooses instinctively before she has time to think it through...

-from "Honey and Clover (ハチミツとクローバー)" by Umino Chika (羽海野 チカ)