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" For men, being too put-together implies femininity. "

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" Research shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together. "

" Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing. "

" As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. "

" When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it. "

" There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being. "

" Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed. "

" The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm - it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're killing all that when you take the drug. "

" After a man falls madly in love, he no longer cares how old she is. "

" Love is not an emotion; it is a drive. "

" You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up. "

" Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people. "

" Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young. "

" Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them. "

" At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference. "

" Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world. "

" A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man. "

" Psychologists maintain that the dizzying feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to - at best - three years. "

" When somebody leaves Match.com or Chemistry.com, they ask you why you left. One box you can check is, 'I found somebody.' Between 15 and 20 percent of people check that box. "

" Every time you cuddle with your children, you're likely to be driving down your testosterone. "

" Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love. "

" You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences. "

" There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what you think. "

" The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again. "

" Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world. "

" In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage. "

" We are wired to find love. "

" As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men. "

" Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap. "

" Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it. "

" Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby. "