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" More and more of us live segmented, compartmentalized lives. This isn't natural. For millions of years, our forebears knew everyone around them and everyone knew them. "

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" Sometimes we fall in love with somebody who will probably never love us, for reasons having nothing to do with us but with their own mindset, their chemistry. "

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" Your face and head give more information about you than any other body part. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men. "

" The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted. "

" If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work. "

" It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and they're powerful. "

" Since when is anyone truly honest with anyone? "

" We are wired to find love. "

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

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

" I have always been interested in how you can walk into a room and there will be 40 people there and you are immediately drawn to one. "

" Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other. "

" Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will give, receive and share this primordial symbol of a budding partnership. "

" Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. "

" Games are the way we keep romance alive. They're based in human hardwiring. Playing hard-to-get or leaving a little to the imagination allows the woman to be wooed and appreciated and the man to be challenged and intrigued. "

" I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons. "

" Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young... This whole idea of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is exactly how we're supposed to live. "

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

" Men fall in love faster than, and just as often as, women. "

" 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. "

" People kill for love. They die for love. "

" Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do! "

" Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture. "

" When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information from the lips and tongue. "

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

" Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you're carefree and relaxed. "

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" We all have restlessness in long-term relationships. "

" Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's quality of life. "