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After the Blue Hour

Book by John Rechy · 5 quotes · Alimony, Blue Hour, Cops

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“Love can fuck up desire, I’ll agree to that,” I said, and I believed that. If, on the occasions when someone I had sex with remained after orgasm, and an edge of friendship was being suggested to me—as, say, we might lie, though rarely, talking—if, then, at those times, all desire faded.”

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“It was never about the money; at times no money was involved, just sex.” “Then what?” “It was always about—” I had never asked that question of myself. “It was always about—” No word came, no answer. “Power.”

Sex Money Power

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“Because it’s getting to be the blue hour, and that’s the time when everything is revealed.”

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“I suppose you could say that Paul is a … hustler? His rich wife Corina paid him grandly when they divorced, wouldn’t you say?” “That’s called alimony,” I laughed.”

Alimony Hustler

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“No, I did not tell him about the raids on gay bars; cops invading private homes to arrest men having sex, the sexual act being illegal; entrapment, lying, aroused cops, years-long prison terms, suicides, violence.”

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