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and she realized that she (her soul) was not at all involved, only her body, her body alone. The body that had betrayed her and that she had sent out ...more

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for the first time in his life, sex is located away from all danger, away from conflict and drama, away from persecution, away from any accusation, aw...more

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So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game.

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In Irena’s head the alcohol plays a double role: it frees her fantasy, encourages her boldness, makes her sensual, and at the same time it dims her me...more

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She was aware that in love even the most passionate idealism will not rid the body's surface of its terrible, basic importance.

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As she uttered the words of the prayer, she glanced up at him as if he were God Himself. He watched her with growing pleasure. In front of him was kne...more

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Yes, it's a well-known fact about you: you're like death, you take everything.

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The religion of orgasm: utilitarianism projected into sex life; efficiency versus indolence; coition reduced to an obstacle to be got past as quickly ...more

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She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was through her sadness.

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...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love.

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The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our l...more

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Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they too, fade away.