Love and War in Intimate Relationships Quotes

“Romantic love releases surges of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine and activates brain regions that drive the reward system in a way that is similar to addiction”
― Marion F. Solomon, Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy

“This wiring is manifest in well-worn neural network pathways, which are stimulated by triggers that remind us, implicitly, of childhood experience—our wounds, triumphs and longed-for experiences.”
― Marion F. Solomon, Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy