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♥ love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense ♥ love, Julie l.
♥ love comes from within; if you truly love yourself then you can truly love others... love, liliana p.
♥ love is caring for each other unconditionally, cherishing the good times and getting through the bad ones. love is hard work and doesn't come easy, but with a little patience and understanding, anyone can make it work. lastly, love is being able to trust one another and know that no matter what, you can always find your way back to each other. love, jessica o.
♥ don't run after love. it will run after you, and if you just stand still, it will catch you. so many people are seeking that which they do not have when most of the time, all they have to do is stand still and hold out their hands and there it is. love, tonie b.
♥ love is something that takes you by surprise. love is an amazing feeling that when you truly have it for the first time, you just know because it is such a new sensation. and once you have it you never want to let it go. love, lori h.
more fun facts on love
♥ a fairly passionate kiss burns an average of 9 calories
♥ the average person will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing in their lifetime
♥ experts insist that the average person falls in love seven times before marriage
♥ two out of five people marry their first love
♥ men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't
♥ philadelphia international airport finished as the number one best airport for making a love connection, according to an online survey
♥ the italian city of verona, where shakespeare's lovers romeo and juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to juliet every valentine's day
♥ the record for most kisses in a movie is 127 in don juan (1927)
♥ the warmth and closeness of unconditional love of a mother leaves a mark on an infant well before the infant has the understanding and capacity to describe the experience. but the comfort and security of the mother’s love is felt and remembered, and each person has the subconscious hope that it can, some day, be replicated.
♥ falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover's memory.
♥ a survey revealed that more than 10,000 marriages a year can be directly traced back to romances that begin during coffee breaks
♥ two-thirds of people report that they fall in love with someone they've known for some time vs. someone that they just met
♥ plato believed that true love created the feeling of wholeness and completeness through the unity of soul mates.
♥ the average woman has 2-3 close friends that she trusts completely and confide anything in.
♥ the single biggest predictor of love is proximity
♥ the romantic canadian porcupines kiss one another on the lips
♥ a wood cut dated 1614 and copied from a stained glass window in a berne, switzerland cathedral depicts the pretzel used as a nuptial knot in a royal marriage.
♥ puppy love: pets provide unconditional love and companionship for people of all ages. numerous studies have shown that dogs can help lower blood pressure, ease the loneliness of the elderly in nursing homes, and help children overcome allergies.
♥ in 1995, erika friedman at the university of maryland hospital conducted a study involving 392 people, which found that heart attack patients with dogs were eight times more likely to be alive a year later than people without dogs.
♥ the oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the tigris and euphrates rivers
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