DEBAUCHED THEM ONE BY ONE

 

“…the human being, like the immortals,

naturally places sexual intercourse

far and away above all other joys –

yet he has left it out of his heaven!”

 

~ Mark Twain” ~

 

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LUSH

 

“Savor with me the lushness of a lingering sleep…

and last night’s dream.”

 

~ Sanober Khan ~

 

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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

 

“If country life be healthful to the body,

it is no less so to the mind.”

 

~ Giovanni Ruffini ~

 

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SIREN

 

“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope.

We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren

until she allures us to our death.”

 

~ Gertrude Stein ~

 

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WITH PASSION AND PLEASURE

 

“New-born desires, after all,

have inexplicable charms,

and all the pleasure of love is in variety.”

 

~ Moliere ~

 

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THE PEARL EARRING

 

“The heart of man is very much like the sea,

it has its storms, it has its tides

and in its depths, it has its pearls too.”

 

~ Vincent Van Gogh ~

 

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THE LIBATION

 

“A gender-equal society would be one where

the word ‘gender’ does not exist:

where everyone can be themselves.”

 

~ Gloria Steinem ~

 

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WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

 

“But one never finds a cathedral, a wave in a storm,

a dancer’s leap in the air quite as high

as one has been expecting.”

 

~ Marcel Proust ~

 

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HALLUCINATION

 

“Passion often renders the most clever man a fool,

and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.”

 

~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~

 

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THE COLLECTOR

 

“You will do foolish things,

but do them with enthusiasm.”

 

~ Colette ~

 

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