Young women today do not marry the men they met in high school, or even the one they go out with at college, because they do not need to.

Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can’t stop thinking about another human being.

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

Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice.

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.

Falling in love was not really a choice; it just struck me.

The main characteristics of romantic love are craving: an intense craving to be with a particular person, not just sexually, but emotionally.