“I felt the first man I slept with must be intelligent, so I would respect him. […] I also needed somebody quite experienced to make up for my lack of it […].” RespectIntelligenceLovingExperiencedLack Of ExperienceSleeping WithSleeping With SomebodyUnexperienced Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar
“Actually, it wasn't the idea of Buddy sleeping with somebody that bothered me. I mean I'd read about all sorts of people sleeping with each other, and if it had been any other boy I would merely have asked him the most interesting details, and maybe gone out and slept with somebody myself just to even things up, and then thought no more about it.” JealousySleeping With Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar