Sex: in America, an obsession; in other parts of the world, a fact.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962
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No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
—Abraham LincolnOnce a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
—Tacitus, c. 100What reason weaves, by passion is undone.
—Alexander Pope, 1972Love is giving something you haven’t got to someone who doesn’t exist.
—Jacques LacanPower is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
—Henry Kissinger, 1972Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968