“You can be instantly scared. You can be instantly happy. So why can't you be instantly romantically in love? I think when it happens, it's because you are ready to fall in love.”

American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author

Helen Elizabeth Fisher was an American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. She was active in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and is known for her work on human behavior and relationships. Fisher was a biological anthropologist and served as a senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute of Indiana University. She was also a member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies in Rutgers University’s Department of Anthropology. Before that, she worked as a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.