There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what you think. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
There's every reason to think SSRIs blunt your ability to fall and stay in love. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Games are the way we keep romance alive. They're based in human hardwiring. Playing hard-to-get or leaving a little to the imagination… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
That "ol' black magic" is a fickle force. The chemistry of romantic love can trigger the chemistry of sexual desire and the… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“Men with high baseline levels of testosterone marry less frequently, have more adulterous affairs, commit more spousal abuse, and divorce more often.” — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
When you're in the throes of this romantic love, it's overwhelming - you're out of control, you're irrational, you're going to the… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Sometimes we fall in love with somebody who will probably never love us, for reasons having nothing to do with us but… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm -it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
There's a lot of talk about the positive aspects of love. We as a society downplay the danger, the anxiety, and the… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
There were real reasons that you were attracted to somebody originally. The brain doesn't pick willy-nilly. Unless you part ways hating each… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.' — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Romantic love is not an emotion. ... It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
In that early-love stage, you're in that state of exhilaration. You talk till dawn. You become obsessed with 'What does he think?' 'Does he… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“...if patterns of human love subtly change, all sorts of social and political atrocities can escalate.” — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Women's worst invention was the plow. With the beginning of plow agriculture, men's roles became extremely powerful. Women lost their ancient jobs as collectors. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
