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Eros is not tranquil - it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of a love affair and corresponds to the expression 'falling in love' since it is as involuntary an impulse as a physical fall.

~Francois Lelord

Topics: Affair Beginning Constant Eros Expression Fall Falling Falling In Love Feel Feeling Gives Happiness Impulse Involuntary Love Love Affair Physical Rather Since Than Tranquil Us Wellbeing

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Finding love is a fixation now, and that's because although romantic love can sometimes cause a lot of suffering, it can also give people peaks of happiness that come very close to our ideal of 'the happy state.'

~Francois Lelord

Topics: Also Although Because Cause Close Come Finding Give Happiness Happy Ideal Lot Love Love Is Now Our Peaks People Romantic Romantic Love Sometimes State Suffering Very

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Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.

~Francois Lelord

Topics: Different Each Eros Experiences Friendship Happy Love More Much Other Pleasures Reciprocal Serene Share Very You

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I didn't intend 'Hector' to be a self-help book when I first started writing. I wrote it as a little tale about a psychiatrist, like me, who sets off around the world in order to discover the vital ingredients for happiness.

~Francois Lelord

Topics: About Around Book Discover First Happiness Ingredients Intend Like Little Me Off Order Psychiatrist Self-Help Sets Started Tale Vital Who World Writing Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Author

Born: June 22nd, 1953

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