The rules of attraction, it turns out, seem sometimes to play out in our subconscious.

吸引力的法则往往只在我们的下意识中起作用。

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The rules of attraction might drive our initial decisions, for better or worse. But lasting relationships are about much more than what we see and smell.

无论正确与否，魅力法则可能主宰我们最初的决定。但海枯石烂的爱情所涉及的东西远远超过我们所能看到和闻到的。

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Given that Gainsbourg resembled a horse with a hangover, it may seem unfeasible that creatures of rare perfection kept falling into his hay, but such are the mystical rules of attraction that prevail under Gallic skies and, alas, nowhere else.

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