Housebroken Lunatic said:
Yeah, but love can actually be described with cold hard facts regarding biochemical processes in the brain.
Like Al Pacino said in The Devil's Advocate(correction added): "Love... Chemically no different than eating large amounts of chocolate." which is true in some ways.
Keep in mind that, as playing the devil, part of his role was to lie to Reeves' character in order to lead him into incest and birthing the Antichrist. Most people seem to think love is sexual feeling, or liking someone a lot, or being affectionate, or other culturally acceptd stereotypes. Only when that person becomes part of who you are, are you truly in love. And it never happens instantly. Infatuation can lead into a relationship where those people come to love each other, but love at first sight is pure infatuation. Infatuation wears off unless fed by love, which is why couples get tired of each other. They were "in love," but they didn't love each other much more than I love pizza. I've seen so many relationships, where the couple said they were in love, end just because there wasn't enough sexual satisfaction or the guy was a slob or they just got tired of the relationship. Real love is a familial bond. I may be mad at my fiancee and deeply hurt by something she's done, but I will rush to her aid at the drop of a hat, am willing to forgive. Because she's family to me.
