Whitman on being desired https://t.co/BPU23qSF8W
We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept – our own selves – that we love. This is true in the whole gamut of love. In sexual love we seek our own pleasure via another body. In non-sexual love, we seek our own pleasure via our own idea. The masturbator may be abject, but in point of fact he’s the perfec
... See moreFernando Pessoa • The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Modern Classics)
Generally speaking, "good girls" and "crazy bitches" each receive what the other covertly desires.
"crazy bitches" will be screwed with the full force of a man's sexual nature, but may never know the pure, reverent love of a man. Meanwhile, "good girls" will be loved with utmost devotion and gently held in his hands, but may never know what it is to
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