251 Quotes by helen fisher

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.

Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you’re having a chemical experience.

You don’t come home from the office to spend time with another job. Hopefully you come home to someone you can have a good time with.

Men don’t need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.

There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you’re still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being.

Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they’re also more sensitive to being touched.

For so many generations, a woman’s only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed.

People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It’s one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow.

Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you’ve been rejected.