LIFESTYLE AUTHOR
Mike de Lota, M.D.
CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE n How lust, attraction and attachment work together to create love.
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ove is the core of our human experience. Throughout history, love has been the motive behind war and peace, acts of madness and grace. It has inspired countless folk tales, novels, songs and other works of art. But what drives this intense emotion? One that can “launch a thousand ships” as in the Trojan War or drive “two star-crossed lovers” to move to the next life when their union was forbidden in this one. The answer might not be as serendipitous as we think and lies in a vast, interconnected network of nerves, chemical signals and organ systems in our bodies — a network whose parts are in constant communication, showing us that love is truly poetry in motion.
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