Love, Romance and You Know What! The natural sex drive if repressed from fear of its seductive strength may take on the character of lust, but if accepted it can become a source of vigour and delight in the marriage relationship and the building of a home. it can also infuse warmth into all human relationships. Handed they went; and, eased the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear, Straight side by side were laid; nor turned, I ween, Adam from his fair spouse, nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused: Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase; who bids abstain But our destroyer, foe to God and man? Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! … These, lulled by nightingales, embracing slept, And on their naked limbs the flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn repaired.Sleep on, Blest pair! and, O! yet happiest, if ye seek No happier state, and know to know no more! John Milton - Paradise Lost sex is the price women pay for marriage. Anonymous 'Bliss', in which the heroine is about to discover that it does matter. you oftener; why 'tis not the Fashion, Sir Toby. Susannah Centlivre - Lucinda in, 'Love's Contrivance', 1703 want to be bothered with sex and all that ort of thing. W Somerset Maugham between routine acquiescence and enthusiastic cooperation. Anonymous reflect that tomorrow was the day for cleaning the parlour. Arnold Bennett - Things that Have Interested Me In the Tube Jonathan Swift - Portraits from Life Can mark the figures on an Indian chest. Alexander Pope - Epistle to a Lady go to a harlot, if his wife has not been negligent of pleasing. Samuel Johnson - in, Boswell's Life of Johnson Michael: You don't owe me any explanations. Katherine: I wanted you to know it wasn't revenge. Michael: I was kinda hoping it was. Katherine: It was curiosity more than anything … I wanted to know what it was like to have sex with someone you weren't in love with. I wanted to see if that kind of sex was better than the other kind. Michael: Was it? Katherine: Well, it wasn't exactly better, but, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't good. Michael: What was so good about it? … No-I take it back, I don't want to know. Katherine: You know already. That kind of sex is just different … more uninhibited … more selfish … more physical. Michael: Walter was more physical than me? Katherine: Well, no … I guess I was. Michael: Are you saying it was better with him than me? Katherine: No, it's just that with that kind of sex you wind up doing more. Michael: What, er, more did you do? Katherine: I don't know … everything. Michael: Everything! You never did everything with me. Katherine: Whose fault is that? Michael: Are we talking about the same everything? Katherine: Well, I can only speak from my everything. Given your vast experience, I'm sure your everything is a whole lot bigger than mine. Michael: You know everything that I know. Katherine: … I learned even more last night. As good as that kind of sex is, it's … it's not worth giving up a marriage for.… So, if you can forget about last night, I suggest we try it again. Michael: I can forget … can you? Katherine: I'll try. Michael: So will I. … and marital sex, come to think of it. Simon Gray - Two Sundays (BBC TV, 1975) man and a woman that they can really love. Enid Bagnold - Autobiography It's lack of love we die from. Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale |