"It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover."

--

Source : Marge Piercy (2016). “Gone to Soldiers: A Novel”, p.371, Open Road Media

Marge Piercy

#Sex Quotes #Giving Quotes #Lovers Quotes

“Back in 2005, when I was Christopher Eccleston, we saw one of the largest increases on record, of CO2 in the atmosphere. Unless we keep the rise in global temperature to under 2 degrees, by the time I'm Daniel Radcliffe or wee Jimmy Crankie, I won't be able to save the planet. I won't be here to help you -- well I might, but I'll be that bloke who won Any Dream Will Do.”

Source : Live Earth concert, 2007.
“Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world. Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.”
“As a former District Attorney and Attorney General, I know the urgency of providing safe homes, schools and neighborhoods for all. This remarkable tour-de-force is a powerful study of one promising solution: a data-rich, eminently readable demonstration of why we should treat gun violence as an American epidemic.”
“I love it. When they stop imitating me then I'll start wondering where I'm going wrong. Every day when I sit down to play, I learn something new.”
“Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.”
“I want to forget what I've learned about the character, but the reality is that you can't, because you've absorbed it. It's there in that moment when you need it. The hard part is to trust it.”
“Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.”
“Humans on the Earth behave in some ways like a pathogenic micro-organism, or like the cells of a tumor.”

Source : "Healing Gaia: practical medicine for the planet". Book by James Lovelock, 1991.

You may also like:

Adrienne Rich
Poet
Anne Sexton
Poet
Florynce Kennedy
Lawyer
Joanna Russ
Writer
Kate Millett
Writer
Mary Daly
Philosopher
Octavia Butler
Writer
Robin Morgan
Poet
Ursula K. Le Guin
Author