Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

by Amir Levine

we’ve been programmed by evolution to single out a few specific individuals in our lives and make them precious to us.

The fact that one person can take away all our discomfort in a split second makes it very hard to resist the temptation to see them again. Just being in the same room is enough to entirely relieve the anxiety in a way that no other single friend or family member can.