"In a female’s world, the love she feels for her loved ones is constant and consistent regardless of the task occupying her mind or time. The emotional motivation for a female is the specific emotions she has for those she loves. By extension, the emotions experienced by her loved ones also become a primary and constant concern. It may be likened to working in the cold, you can focus on any task that needs to be accomplished, but regardless what task you are performing, you’re always cold....

"When a female says that she loves her child ‘with all her heart’, it is commonly understood to have a very different definition than when a male makes the exact same statement. Both will use identical words to accurately describe the emotion that they are experiencing, but the accepted definition is vastly different. " The discussion in this book focuses on why there is a difference in the interpretation and how one can begin to see the other gender's perspective

It is the week before Christmas, and the weather is chilly. Sherlock Holmes has received a small brown-paper package by the morning post, and wonders what it can be. “Why do you not open it and see?” suggests the ever-practical Dr Watson. But Holmes prefers to draw all the inferences he can from the packaging before seeing what is inside. When he does at length open it, however, the mystery is not solved, but becomes yet more puzzling, and the abrupt arrival of a well-dressed lady complica...