GILBERT, Elizabeth

CitationContextSource ISBNCitation “Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it’s more like love’s shady second cousin who’s always borrowing money and can’t hold down a job.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert, American author Committed: A Love Story (2010) London: Bloomsbury, 2010, p. 101 Context Extended excerpt [From chapter four – ‘Marriage and Infatuation’]: “The problem with infatuation, of course, is that it’s a mirage, a trick of the eye – indeed, a trick of the endocrine system. Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it’s more like love’s shady second cousin who’s always borrowing money and can’t hold down a job. When you become infatuated with somebody, you’re not