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“Sex does not thrive on monotony. Without feeling, inventions, moods,no surprises in bed. Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, scenes, jealousy, envy, all the spices of fear, foreign travel, new faces, novels, stories, dreams, fantasies, music, dancing, opium, wine.”

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Book:In a Sunburned Country

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Source: The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

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Book:Emmy & Oliver

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Book:Oedipus at Colonus

Source: Oedipus at Colonus

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Book:Alif the Unseen

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Book:Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith

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“The neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux has shown that the same neural mechanisms mediate the fear response in all sorts of animals, from pigeons and rats to cats and humans. The idea that other animals experience similar emotions to us is not anthropomorphism: it is based on sound scientific evidence.”

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Book:A brief introduction to emotions

Source: A brief introduction to emotions