“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.”
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No reliable primary or scholarly source confirms this exact wording as Albert Einstein's. It is widely circulated under his name and is listed as commonly attributed.
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This wording, beginning "Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.…," circulates under Einstein's name and focuses on gravitation, cannot, responsible. No strong source for the exact text was found, so the page presents it as commonly attributed while still explaining its practical connection to science and creativity.
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