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Romantic love is not an emotion. ... It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind.
Helen Fisher
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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
Anthropologist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Helen Fisher
Helen E Fisher
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