"Unlike the millions who casually ***** in solitude while looking at girlie pictures in Playboy and similar magazines, the massage man preferred an accomplice, an attendant lady of respectable appearance who would help him reduce the guilt and loneliness of this most lonely act of love."

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Source : Gay Talese (1981). “Thy neighbor's wife”, Dell Publishing Company

Gay Talese

#Love Quotes #Lonely Quotes #Loneliness Quotes

“Dogs are animals that poop in public and you're supposed to pick it up. After a week of doing this, you've got to ask yourself, "Who's the real master in this relationship?"”
“The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.”

Source : John Maeda (2006). “The Laws of Simplicity”, p.21, MIT Press
“What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?”
“That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.”
“The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed.”

Source : "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.
“I always wanted to be a psychiatrist.”
“Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.”

Source : Chris Bonington (1973). “The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World”, Scarborough House

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