Wow! Pretty powerful words there. I tripped over myself avoiding saying that to my stbx even after a year of exclusively dating her. I was afraid to say it even if I felt it. She was saying it all the time and I just nodded my head or would change the subject for the longest time until I finally said "I love you to" in return.
She must really like you.
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." -Mark Twain