#eros

Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#dangerous #desire #duality #heterosexuality #perfect

We rehearse for the big death through the little death of orgasm, through erotic living. Death as transfiguration ↗

— Peter Redgrove

#eros #orgasm #sex #death

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#been #boot #both #conditioned #experimental

We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another. ↗

— Vince Cable

#amount #another #automobile #britain #country

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#first #generosity #known #minister #our

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ↗

— Albert Camus

#dispensed #generosity #many #order #practice

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#heterosexual #homosexual #impulses #mixture #most

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#been #capacity #compassion #donation #generosity

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#because #born #generosity #let us #selfish

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. ↗

— John Bunyan

#charity #compassion #generosity #helping-others #today