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What is love?

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Ever since my mind had been capable of processing the thoughts and cycle the emotions it dealt with, an question it always asked to itself was what love is. Although many other curiosities about the sexuality which had been hidden from the society as a topic of taboo was slowly filled as I grew up and searched for a bit  in the biology books, no book could fully explain this one non sexual,simplified feeling called love. What I did get was experiences. Lessons of the life itself maybe? Which possibly could help me broaden my view towards love? So this little writing here is just me blabbering out about what I think love is to my understanding. Bear with me. Being a science student, lets start with biology. I think love is a feeling stimulated by the brain, caused by the release of certain chemicals,  such as dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin. These chemicals produce the feelings of pleasure, attachment, and contentment that we associate with being in love. But love is more ...