Reia Lance

“Eroticism is, above all else, exclusively human: it is sexuality socialized and transfigured by the imagination and the will of human beings. The first thing that distinguishes eroticism from sexuality is the infinite variety of forms in which it manifests itself. eroticism is invention, constant variation, sex is always the same.

In every erotic encounter there is an invisible and ever-active participant: imagination, desire.Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness.

Many years ago I wrote: love is a sacrifice without virtue. Today I would say: love is a bet, a wild one, placed on freedom. Not my own: the freedom of the other.”
― Octavio Paz

“One way to start doing this is to answer a single question, in writing, each night before bed: “As I look back on today, what did I do that was actually worth my time?”
― Susan David, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

“Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.”
― Nick Cave