It is as if we need to be reminded of convention in order…

“...unnskyld? Men opptar Fordervelsen hele sofaen?”

— Alexander L. Kielland

Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry.

— Anais Nin

“The things she could do with her mouth would blow any man off course.”

— Tiffany Reisz

Appalling numbers of youth have been led into a cynical ultra-sophisticated attitude which regards drinking as a badge of social aptitude, which makes a…

— Francis Parker Yockey

“One second, he was in my mouth, my tongue flicking over the broad head of him; the next, his hands were on my waist…

— Sarah J. Maas

“How many rooms are there in the chambers of your heart? How many rooms full of memories can you describe like the one I’m…

— Valentine Bonnaire

“I want eroticism mixed with love, and deep love one does not experience often.”

— Anaïs Nin

American eroticism has always been of a different provenance and complexion than the European variety, an enjoyment both furtive and bland that is closer…

— Molly Haskell

We should be telling girls what they already know but rarely see affirmed: that the lives they lead inside their own self-contained bodies; the…

— Naomi Wolf

“I rely on images of violence, which bring the shock of pain, to penetrate the barriers people erect and defend, not simple defenses; the…

— Jim Morrison

“I am a good lover, but that is not so difficult. It requires only that I pay attention, and watch and listen to a…

— Nikki Sex

“Erotic pleasure, derived from the most intimate physical contact, thrives on the paradox that only by keeping alive the strangeness of that other person…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Don't run around looking for someone who can sexually satisfy you, run around and look for the book which will intellectually satisfy you.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Christianity gave eroticism its savor of sin and legend when it endowed the human female with a soul.

— Simone de Beauvoir