#al

Intercourse was now forbidden to everyone but married people; bundling disappeared. In its place young courting couples engaged in "petting"--which, interpreted broadly, meant that they were could do anything sexual short of intercourse. Women were now held responsible for controlling men's beastly sexuality--halting them from simply plunging ahead--at the same time that they were expected to be sexually innocent: an impossible position. ↗

— Leora Tanenbaum

#history #sexuality #men

Action is the only thing that proves something Don’t talk about it Actually do it In the end You can say I actually did it. —Nate Spears ↗

— Nate Spears

#poetnatespears #inspirational

It’s almost as if all the sleazy men in this country attended the same seminar, where they learned that all American women go to Italy to sleep with them. The teacher at the seminar told them, “You don’t need to learn English to seduce an American woman, you only need to learn one word: ‘bella.’ If you say it, their belts will snap and pants fall from their hips.If I ever find that seminar teacher, I’m going to kick him in the shin. - Raven Smith ↗

— Rita Stradling

#men #sleazy #tourist #men

Son tres los tigres los que se juntan para atacar: el paso de los años (ese monstruo que llamamos edad), la condicion femenina (flor que se por ser flor deja de serlo para ser recuerdo de flor), y ese albur al que alegremente llamamos vida. ↗

— Josefina Barron

#women #women-s-strength #inspirational

I pulled him close. “You can try your best. The only problem is after this is all over with reality is going to be waiting for me.” He took my shirt off and tossed it over his shoulder pulling me down on the couch. He kissed me again, biting at my lip. “Ignorance is bliss. ↗

— Holly Hood

#passion #sexy-men #men

There were men in their fifties, men who take a stab at fitness, men who try. They may not look young, but they still look viable. Lammers wasn't one of those. Lammers was one of those crack-in-the-ass guys ten months pregnant with a beer baby. ↗

— Lily Gardner

#female-detective #mystery #noir-fiction #men

In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow just for me. I helped her put me to sleep, so to speak, and succeeded pretty well... I wasn't entirely alone... It's not possible to sleep alone... ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

#aloneness #sleep #movies

There is an old Arab Bedouin saying: I, against my brothers. I and my brothers against my cousins. I and my brothers and my cousins against the world. That is jungle law. It is the way of the world when the world is thrown into chaos. It is our job to avert that chaos, to fight against it, to resist the urge to become savage. Because the problem with such law is that if you follow it, you are always fighting against someone. ↗

— Nafisa Haji

#inspirational #war #inspirational

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.... ↗

— Julius Caesar

#inspirational

You Never Know A True Friend Until You get Into A Serious Misunderstanding With Him Or Her ↗

— Michael A. Johnson

#dramatic #inspirational #inspirational