Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are less likely to be effective than engagement, communication, norms, socialization, identity, and common purpose. They share not out of a calculation of reciprocity but from a psychological pleasure in sharing. Those seeking connections make decisions from their hearts as well as their heads, influenced by emotion, fairness, empathy, and intuition. Their behavior, thoughts, feelings, and even personal attributes are highly socially contingent. The range of humanity includes individuals who display every possible combination of selfishness and sociability. AnneMarie Slaughter
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.
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Jess C. Scott
We're staying together, " he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
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Rick Riordan
I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.
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Jess C. Scott
The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.
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Karl Lagerfeld
V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.
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Jess C. Scott
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