"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…"

"Writers have been philosophizing, moralizing, and eulogizing on the subject of "erotic," "passionate," "romantic" lov…"

"Reaction to limerence theory depends partly on acquaintance with the evidence for it and partly on personal experienc…"

"Tennov (1979) used the term limerence to refer to a kind of infatuated, all-absorbing passion — the kind of love that…"

"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…"

"Tennov (1979) interviewed more than five hundred passionate lovers. Almost all lovers took it for granted that passio…"

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

"For most people, crushes come and go. But for others, the longing can last years and become addictive. A spark of int…"