
Proving that you are hot, worthy of lust, and - necessarily - that you seek to provoke lust is still exclusively women's work. —
Ariel Levy

She grew into a quiet, beautiful young woman. The beauty was a nuisance, like smog and poverty. —
John Varley

In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses-the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring. —
Jules Renard

Even toward the middle of the century, there were occasions when the London mailbag for Edinburgh was found to contain only a single letter. —
Bernard Bailyn

Sometimes what wishes do ... especially the big, big wishes, is churn up all the confusion and longing that
sloshes around forever inside of you. —
Susan Patron

No one loves you more than you do. —
Debasish Mridha