Aaron M Ritchey

“Boccio, author of Mindfulness Yoga, to think about as he leaves the session: “We bitch about our difficulties along the rough surface of our path, we curse every sharp stone underneath, until at some point in our maturation, we finally look down to see that they are diamonds.”
― Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

“Octavio Paz writes, “The moment of merging is a crack in time, a balm against the wounds inflicted by the minutes and hours of time. A moment totally eternal as it is ephemeral.” It is a leap into a world beyond.”
― Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

“Eroticism, intertwined as it is with imagination, is another form of play. I think of play as an alternative reality midway between the actual and the fictitious, a safe space where we experiment, reinvent ourselves, and take chances. Through play we suspend disbelief—we pretend something is real even when we damn well know it is not. Earnestness has no place here.”
― Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

“Your lustiness would be an open endorsement for her own ardor.”
― Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence