I agree with you barbettet. The first part- -the more beautiful part reminds me of some of the silly stuff I did when I had my first serious boyfriend. I snuck his sweatshirts out of his house so I could wear them and smell him all day. I collected anything that had to do with "us" and kept it in a box, hidden under my bed. I adopted a lot of his interests as my own. As if all of this would tie us together forever. We think by taking on the characteristics, habits, and behavior of another that somehow we will be closer to them- -we are showing them how much we appreciate them. Then it gets to the point we may think that because we gave so much, admired so much, loved so much that somehow we are OWED, which is the second, more destructive part of the quote. (For those who are concerned, I did manage to avoid stalker status!)
There are things in this world that are not ours to own. As man has tried to control the wild and use it to his advantage- -forced it to be or do something it was never intended to be or do- -or tried to squeeze one more dollar out it, it becomes lost.
When it comes to nature, I don't believe a lot of people really LOVE it. They love the potential they see in it for making them money. It's not how beautiful the bird looks flying, it's about being able to use the bird to do something for you. Knowing how important the Amazon Rainforest is to this planet, how sacred the water and the Black Hills are to the native people of South Dakota, how much elephants and rhinos need their tusks and horns... (really I could go on forever) someone will always see the money to be made by "owning" and greed blinds him from seeing the benefit to ALL.