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.

Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly.

We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.

From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each influenced by a different brain chemical: I call them the Explorer, Builder, Director, and Negotiator.

My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.

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.

Hair that gleams can send a clear sign that you're young and in your prime, whatever your actual age.