tired, even though I had enough sleep
“It is not love, but lack of love, that is blind.”
-WRITER GLENWAY WESCOTT
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH, PART 8
When chemists Marie and Pierre Curie were married in 1895 in Paris, they began an extraordinary scientific and romantic partnership. In 1903, they won the Nobel Prize with Henri Becquerel for discovering radioactivity, yet despite living in near poverty, spent most of their money on further research, and refused to patent any of their discoveries. When Pierre died in 1906, Marie was devastated but took his place at the Sorbonne to become the head of the physics laboratory, the first woman to hold that position. In 1911, she also became the first person to win a second Nobel Prize. Although Marie died of leukemia after a lifetime’s exposure to radiation, one of the enduring applications of the couple’s work has been the use of radiation to treat cancer. In 1935, Marie and Pierre’s eldest daughter, Irène, and her husband, Frédéric Joliot, went on to win their own Nobel Prize.
“Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”
-MAE WEST
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
-BERTRAND RUSSELL
A SIMPLE AFFAIR
The most expensive wedding in history was that of Mohammed, son of Sheik Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum, and Princess Salama in Dubai in May 1981. It lasted seven days and cost around $44 million. A stadium for 20,000 people was specially built.
“The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.”
-HISTORIAN WILL DURANT, SPOKEN ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY
“There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer, no disease that enough love will not heal, no door that enough love will not open, no gulf that enough love will not bridge, no wall that enough love will not throw down, no sin that enough love will not redeem. . . .”
-WRITER/LECTURER EMMET FOX
WILL THAT BE CASH, CHECK, OR CHARGE?
According to Worth magazine, the average amount of money an affluent American said he or she was willing to pay for “true love” was $487,000.
“Love never dies of want, but often of indigestion.”
-COURTESAN NINON DE LENCLOS
A WHIFF OF LOVE
Some ancient Greek physicians believed that the organs for breathing and those for procreation worked together in making a baby. Consequently, if garlic was placed in the birth canal and 12 hours later its odor was exhaled through the mouth, a woman was thought to be good at having children.
-WRITER GLENWAY WESCOTT
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH, PART 8
When chemists Marie and Pierre Curie were married in 1895 in Paris, they began an extraordinary scientific and romantic partnership. In 1903, they won the Nobel Prize with Henri Becquerel for discovering radioactivity, yet despite living in near poverty, spent most of their money on further research, and refused to patent any of their discoveries. When Pierre died in 1906, Marie was devastated but took his place at the Sorbonne to become the head of the physics laboratory, the first woman to hold that position. In 1911, she also became the first person to win a second Nobel Prize. Although Marie died of leukemia after a lifetime’s exposure to radiation, one of the enduring applications of the couple’s work has been the use of radiation to treat cancer. In 1935, Marie and Pierre’s eldest daughter, Irène, and her husband, Frédéric Joliot, went on to win their own Nobel Prize.
“Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”
-MAE WEST
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
-BERTRAND RUSSELL
A SIMPLE AFFAIR
The most expensive wedding in history was that of Mohammed, son of Sheik Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum, and Princess Salama in Dubai in May 1981. It lasted seven days and cost around $44 million. A stadium for 20,000 people was specially built.
“The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.”
-HISTORIAN WILL DURANT, SPOKEN ON HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY
“There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer, no disease that enough love will not heal, no door that enough love will not open, no gulf that enough love will not bridge, no wall that enough love will not throw down, no sin that enough love will not redeem. . . .”
-WRITER/LECTURER EMMET FOX
WILL THAT BE CASH, CHECK, OR CHARGE?
According to Worth magazine, the average amount of money an affluent American said he or she was willing to pay for “true love” was $487,000.
“Love never dies of want, but often of indigestion.”
-COURTESAN NINON DE LENCLOS
A WHIFF OF LOVE
Some ancient Greek physicians believed that the organs for breathing and those for procreation worked together in making a baby. Consequently, if garlic was placed in the birth canal and 12 hours later its odor was exhaled through the mouth, a woman was thought to be good at having children.