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“And I’d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.”
― The Chaos of Stars
― The Chaos of Stars
“Dissect your motives deeper! You will find that no one has ever done anything wholly for others. All actions are self-directed, all service is self-serving, all love self-loving.”
― When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
― When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
“The extended family, the community, and religion may indeed have limited our freedom, sexual and otherwise, but in return they offered us a much-needed sense of belonging. For generations, these traditional institutions provided order, meaning, continuity, and social support. Dismantling them has left us with more choices and fewer restrictions than ever. We are freer, but also more alone. As Giddens describes it, we have become ontologically more anxious.”
― Mating in Captivity: Sex, Lies and Domestic Bliss
― Mating in Captivity: Sex, Lies and Domestic Bliss
“N-are nici un fel de sens ca asasinul să supraviețuiască victimei. Ei sunt și vor rămâne părtași la o taina care-i leagă și-i va lega pe vecie, așa cum două ființe nu o fac decât într-o altă împrejurare unică și asemănătoare, una supunându-se, cealaltă acționând. Destinele lor sunt de nedespărțit.”
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“We don't like to be intimate alone. Some couples take this one step further, confusing intimacy with control. What passes for care is actually convert surveillance. ..
When the impulse to share becomes obligatory, when personal boundaries are no longer respected, when only the shared space of togetherness is acknowledged and private space is denied, fusion replaces intimacy and possession co-opts love.”
― Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
When the impulse to share becomes obligatory, when personal boundaries are no longer respected, when only the shared space of togetherness is acknowledged and private space is denied, fusion replaces intimacy and possession co-opts love.”
― Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
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