Is love important in life?

Maybe. According to many philosophers and scientists, love is the purpose of the life: Thomas Hobbes said we are “Conatus Sese Conservandi”  which literally means that humans are fundamentally autoconservation, and love is autoconservation). However  ( sounds better than starting a sentence with but) in my opinion everybody should avoid love if it means suffering. Sometimes love hurts, and sometimes society influences you. Maybe happiness is in solitude, maybe not. It depends on the person.