“I thought of fleeting satisfaction, of happiness, of romance, of perfect silver screen moments shared with a companion, and of perfect blue movie moments too. Yet I had never stopped to wonder whether that one companion might satisfy me completely, having assumed always that there would be another to follow who would touch a different chord in me, who would bring me a different pleasure, and that with all of them taken together I would create for myself a mosaic of experiences that gave me everything that I wanted to experience in the course of my life; everything that I wanted to feel, to enjoy.” PleasureLoversExperienceSatisfaction Book:The Erotic Notebooks Source: The Erotic Notebooks
“I had not, if truth be told, thought to wonder whether indeed a single lover might ever bring a full, rounded, complete satisfaction of all I had craved for a long time past, and that I imagined all lovers must crave.” DesireLoversSatisfactionCravingPleasures Book:The Erotic Notebooks Source: The Erotic Notebooks
“Some people say,” I said, turning back to him, “that the mad ones make better lovers. Is it true?” He shrugged again. “That depends on the form of madness, I suppose. And on how you define better.” SexLoversMadness Book:The Erotic Notebooks Source: The Erotic Notebooks
“It had never occurred to me, I realised then, to demand from any one lover explicitly all of those things for which my mind and body yearned. They might not have been willing, or happy, to give them to me, after all.” SexLoversDemandDesires Book:The Erotic Notebooks Source: The Erotic Notebooks