“Romantic love is just lust plus the fear of being ordinary—nothing transcendent about it”
Agree
- Chemical addiction explains infatuation perfectly
- Romance feeds ego more than soul
- We mythologize to avoid emptiness
- Passion always fades to routine
Disagree
- Some connections defy biological explanation
- Love transforms people genuinely
- Reducing magic to chemistry misses everything
- Cynicism protects wounded hearts
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