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

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

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" 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. "

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" A woman will toss her head and a man will say, 'Oh she's trying to pick me up,' when in fact she's not doing that at all. So, women actually have to be a little careful with what they do, because men will pick up things that they didn't mean. "

" We are wired to find love. "

" In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded. "

" 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. "

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" Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a girl at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy - that sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - can overtake your mind and threaten your very core as you contemplate your rival. "

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

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" 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. "

" I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. "

" There's a lot of talk about the positive aspects of love. We as a society downplay the danger, the anxiety, and the disappointment. We romanticize romance. "

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