In 1809 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe], in his classic novella [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_Affinities ''Elective Affinities''], wrote of the "[[marriage]] tie," and by [[analogy]] shows how strong marriage unions are similar in character to that by which the particles of quicksilver find a [[unity]] together through the [[process]] of chemical affinity. Humans in [[passionate]] relationships, according to Goethe, are analogous to reactive substances in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_equation chemical equation].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_bonding] | In 1809 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe], in his classic novella [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_Affinities ''Elective Affinities''], wrote of the "[[marriage]] tie," and by [[analogy]] shows how strong marriage unions are similar in character to that by which the particles of quicksilver find a [[unity]] together through the [[process]] of chemical affinity. Humans in [[passionate]] relationships, according to Goethe, are analogous to reactive substances in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_equation chemical equation].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_bonding] |