All Quotes By Tag: Sex
“We’re part of a culture where everything is measured by money, fame and sex. It’s a religion.”
“The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.”
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“When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion.”
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“If one does not make an ego out of gender, one would still know whether one is a man or a woman, gay, straight, bisexual, transgender—whatever else we may think of. But those identities need to fit very loosely and be worn very lightly. All sense of privilege or deprivation that has developed around one’s gender identity, all rigidity regarding proper roles and behaviors for the various genders, must be cut through.”
“derelict. my voice cracked and yolk poured out. wind chimes rigid, no breeze, no song. my wings found hidden in your suitcase. pleas for help mistaken for a swan song. i’m stuffing pages from my journal down my throat as kindling. hoping the smoke will get the taste of you out of my mouth. he looks at me from across the room and all i want is to push him against the wall. ravage. ravage. carnage has never been more vogue. is it still art if it doesn’t bring you to your knees? lover, let me prey at your altar. let me bare my fangs in praise. don’t i look so pretty in a funeral shroud? i keep time with the click of my creaking bones. dance with me under the milky translucence of a world suffocating. how did you find me? i buried myself beneath the cicadas. is a girl trapped in glass still a prize?let me get under your skin. i want to know what your fears taste like. i want to consume.”
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“I do not believe that to be religious in the best, authentic sense a man has to destroy his love life and mummify himself, body and soul.”
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“Religio”, as we know, harks back to a word (re-ligio) meaning “bond” and that is precisely what the anarch rejects. He does not go in for Moses with the Ten Commandments or, indeed, for any prophets. Nor does he wish to hear anything concerning gods or rumors about them, except as a historian – or unless they appear to him. That is when the conflicts begin.So, if I state, “in order to pray,” I am following an innate instinct that is no weaker than the sexual drive – in fact, even stronger. The two are alike insofar as foul things can happen when they are suppressed.”
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“Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their mind.”
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“A new country seems to follow a pattern. First come the openers, strong and brave and rather childlike. They can take care of themselves in a wilderness, but they are naive and helpless against men, and perhaps that is why they went out in the first place. When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development—to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves. And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living. And culture can be on any level, and is.The Church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously.”
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“Strange to hear atheists say ‘god’ when having great sex.”
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“It was masturbation, not willpower, that made it possible for gazillions of women to walk down the aisle with their reputation and their hymen still intact.”
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“Some women have been faking orgasms for so long that they sometimes fake one when they are masturbating.”
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“I really think that writing about sex is writing about the mind.”
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“He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.”
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