“Love itself is what is left over when being “in love” has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.”
? Louis de Bernières
Tag: poetry
The Brain in Love
This great talk by Helen Fisher quenched my thirst for information about hormones for a short while. She speaks of romantic love, the chemistry involved and the power of its addiction.
“Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love — and people who had just been dumped.”
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