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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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" 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. "

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

" Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love. "

" You don't come home from the office to spend time with another job. Hopefully you come home to someone you can have a good time with. "

" The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering. "

" We are wired to find love. "

" Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate. "

" You can really get poked in the back and not feel it very much, but just a feather around your lips and you really do feel it. "

" 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. "

" When you can't have someone but you're not willing to accept that, you try harder and become more extreme about it. Either you win the person back or you drive him away. "

" 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. "

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

" When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives attachment. "

" 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. "

" Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think you will find that with divorce will come happier remarriages. "

" The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women. "

" There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views. "

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" Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face. "