“There is much to be said for post-menopausal celibacy. Sex is rough on loners because you have to have somebody else around, but now I don't. No more diets to stay slim and desirable: I've had sex and I've had food, and I'd rather eat.” SaidSexPostsDietsRoughDesirableLonerSlimCelibacy Book:Lump It Or Leave It Source: Lump It Or Leave It
“I lived in a community where celibacy was the rule. My I saw many people asked to leave the ashram for so much as looking intensely at a member of the opposite sex.” PeopleSexCommunitySawsMembersOppositesRamaCelibacy Author:Frederick Lenz
“I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning a man, conquering a woman, beating someone out of something, abusing each other's dignity in order to prove that I am a man, I am a woman.” IfsMenMeanOrderWinningSexProveDignityAgreeConquerDirtyConsideringCelibacy Author:Toni Cade Bambara
“It would not have suprised Emilio Sandoz that his sex life was discussed with such candor and affectionate concern by his friends. The single craziest thing about being a priest, he'd found, was that celibacy was simultaneously the most private and most public aspect of his life.” FoundSexConcernAspectPriestsAffectionateCandorCelibacyCraziest Book:The Sparrow Source: The Sparrow