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John is Currently Reading

John is currently reading

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

by Emily Dickinson

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John said: " I've read many of Emily's poems. But, intend to read more if not all... and comment.
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May 29, 2016 08:03PM · see review

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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

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John said: " I've read many of the stories and poems many times. However, I will read more and others I've read again, and comment on them as move on and not die...

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May 29, 2016 08:00PM · see review

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The Best Defense (Barbara Holloway, #2)

by Kate Wilhelm

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John’s Quotes

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
― Thomas Jefferson

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“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

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“While the moral force of Judeo-Christian tradition and the law have sought to purify the penis, and to restrict its seed to the sanctified institution of matrimony, the penis is not by nature a monogamous organ. It knows no moral code. It was designed by nature for waste, it craves variety, and nothing less than castration will eliminate the allure of prostitution, fornication adultery, or pornography.”
― Gay Talese, Thy Neighbor's Wife: A Chronicle of American Permissiveness Before the Age of AIDS

tags: penis, sexuality

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“How dull would it be to consume my meat with only one variety of sauce? My body and spirit would whither, being fed on such limited fare. To sample the delights of a great many women is considered right and healthy for a man, yet the opposite is held true for those of our sex. Where we display undue interest in sexual matters, even within marriage, we are thought immoral. For myself, I can only conceive of such limitation with horror: a torture for which I have no taste.”

Mademoiselle Noire - The Gentlemen's Club”
― Emmanuelle de Maupassant, The Gentlemen's Club

tags: erotic-fiction, erotic-literature, erotica, feminism, sex, women-s-lib

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