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.

For men, being too put-together implies femininity.

We are wired to find love.

The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm - it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're killing all that when you take the drug.

We still have community, but we don’t seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother’s down the street, they’re not in arm’s length.

If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn’t eat, sleep or work.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead – particularly in the modern world.

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

A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you’d be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man.

When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It’s a little like waving a knife in front of you. It’s very primitive, and therefore bizarre.