"After the Egyptian and Indian, the Greek and Roman, the Teuton and Mongolian, the Negro is a sort of seventh son, bor…"

"Religion, as far as I could see, was chiefly concerned with “getting into Heaven.” A stockpile of prayers and could e…"

"Life is mainly grief and labour. Two things get you through. Chortling when it hits your neighbour, Whingeing when it…"

"People who identify strongly with their s frequently experience pleasure when they observe threatening members’ misfo…"

"The have a saying: “The misfortune of others tastes like honey.” The speak of joie maligne, a diabolical delight in o…"

"I coined the word "limerence." It was pronounceable and seemed to me and to two students to have a "fitting" sound. T…"

"The English language lacked a noun singular for the state of being love smitten, or having fallen in love, until Doro…"

"Data collection largely began with the now classic dissection of this madness, found in Love and Limerence, by Doroth…"

"Most of Tennov's research came from thousands of personal accounts of those who had fallen in love. She discovered th…"

"Tennov called it limerence — to distinguish it from other concepts of love — and it corresponds with mental states co…"