“Isn't it grand, isn't it good, that language has only one word for everything we associate with love - from utter sanctity to the most fleshly lust? The result is perfect clarity in ambiguity, for love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even at its most fleshly. Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life.”
― The Magic Mountain
― The Magic Mountain
“The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.”
― Sexuality and the Psychology of Love
― Sexuality and the Psychology of Love
“Come, sir, come,
I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you, thus I let you go,
And give you to the gods.”
― Antony and Cleopatra
I'll wrestle with you in my strength of love.
Look, here I have you, thus I let you go,
And give you to the gods.”
― Antony and Cleopatra
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