Mels van Driel > Quotes

“However, he did demonstrate that astronauts cannot possibly have sexual intercourse. Only at the end of his talk did he mention the special space sleeping bag, his own personal design, ‘which the Russians still use’, ‘in which your hands had some freedom of movement . . .’, and as a finale he confessed that he had once ‘done it’. The M-word did not pass his lips, though he did remark that in space ‘you had to be careful with liquids . . .”
― Mels van Driel, With the Hand: A Cultural History of Masturbation

“They say that they think horses are beautiful animals, which of course is total nonsense, since a horse is only beautiful when it’s on a barbecue, when it also smells better.”
― Mels van Driel, With the Hand: A Cultural History of Masturbation