“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each…

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“If the person who's meant to love you forever can suddenly stop, then what is there to believe in?”

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“How can he not share his newfound joy with his fellow man? And it is joy. There’s a pure kind of joy in the…

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“America’s not really a melting pot. It’s more like one of those divided metal plates with separate sections for starch, meat, and veggies.”

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“And now my life doesn’t make sense anymore. I almost wish I hadn’t met him. How am I supposed to go back to my…

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“As if there were no last time And there is no next time And this time is the time that counts.”

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“All love ends," she says. "Maybe," I say. "But it has to start somewhere.”

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