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It is not love. It is the force of evolution
expressed as the compulsion for the particular,
this particular one above all others. Often,
it is called love. . .

— Dorothy Tennov

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I rejected "infatuation" because although the meanings of the terms overlap in some respect, they differ in meaning, and evoke different connotations.

I coined the word "limerence." It was pronounceable and seemed to me and to two students to have a "fitting" sound. To be in the state of limerence is to feel what is usually termed "being in love."

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