Madeline Freeman

“Our sexual fantasies are often redundant and intense, like many other ideas involving ourselves. Most people approach sexuality limited to the idea that they should imitate other people, art (e.g., romantic literature) or movies (e.g., pornography). In this way, vicarious events and even fictions become a point of reference that we can actually feel. We judge actual people in our real lives against fictional events and unrealistic concepts. As such, real lovers seem inferior as a result.”
― Todd Vickers, The Relevance of Kabir

“Humans love sex. Both men and women are wired to be sexually responsive. Sex is the social glue of the human species. It takes heavy-handed training or trauma to kill a human's sex drive.
Religion has that power. Sexual training in guilt, shame, and fear begins virtually at birth by sexualizing nudity. The religious signal is that nudity is always sexual and the body must be covered for modesty. The Adam and Eve story is taught to young children even though they have no way to know what it means.”
― Darrel Ray, Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality

“I met a woman who told me that she wasn't attracted to Asians. "No worries," I said. "I'm not attracted to racists”
― Simon Tam

“She exuded a raw, animal magnetism that left boys like me tongue-tied, and made men ignore their wives and crowd up close.”
― Michael Schmicker, The Witch of Napoli