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As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance read more
As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now read more
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors.
Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.
Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.
A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. read more
A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the read more
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment.
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, read more
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
