You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering. That's the sad truth. Maybe they'll break your heart, maybe you'll break their hearts and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. That's the burden.
Like wings, they have weight, we feel that weight on our backs, but they are a burden that lifts us. Burdens which allow us to fly...
Bones is always one of my favorite occidental TV plays. I don't know why I like it so much.