Drawing from more than fifty thousand stories that have crossed his desk over the past decade, the editor of the "Modern Love" column for the New York times explores the ten aspects of love, revealing its many contradictions and complexities.

Pursuit : somewhere out there -- Destiny : meant to be or not meant to be? -- Vulnerability : oh, and by the way -- Connection : I luv U just the way U R -- Trust : love's necessary gullibility -- Practicality : love's fluorescently lit classroom -- Monotony : when marriage is a wheelbarrow -- Infidelity : is this wrong? -- Loyalty : the devotion test -- Wisdom : when love is like E.T.