#sex

When it comes to the crunch, coming out is the greatest of all confessions. Nothing is more difficult to acknowledge. When we become ourselves we reach right back to the time when we were conceived out of our parents’ passion. We murder their lives. There can never be any forgiveness. ↗

— Witi Ihimaera

#guilt #parental-love #sexuality #forgiveness

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#breakups #inspirational #inspirational-love #men-and-women #realization

Wine?" I asked, ready to order. "I’d rather have Sex on the Beach." He winked at me with a devilish grin. ↗

— J.C. Reed

#love #romantic #sex #steamy #inspirational

The gods made our bodies as well as our souls, is it not so? They give us voices, so we might worship them with song. They give us hands, so we might build them temples. And they give us desire, so we might mate and worship them in that way. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#inspirational #sex #inspirational

The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it's privileges by the law of the land. What is to be thought of a nation boasting of its liberty, boasting of it's humanity, boasting of its Christianity, boasting of its love of justice and purity, and yet having within its own borders three millions of persons denied by law the right of marriage? ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#racism #same-sex-marriage #freedom

The enemy is not individuals, churches, 'ex-gay' organisations or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former. ↗

— Anthony Venn-Brown

#homosexual #homosexuality #change

The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now. ↗

— Lana Turner

#mean #much #now #sex #truth

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke? ↗

— Rita Rudner

#feeling #get #god #joke #men

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#concept #difficult #difficult time #especially #foreign

Treat me with respect, dignity, and grace because I am worthy of your love. ↗

— Electa Rome Parks

#love #respect #romance #sex #inspirational