War appeals to young men because it is fundamentally auto-eroticism. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“The things she could do with her mouth would blow any man off course.” — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
In essence, the domain of eroticism is the domain of violence, of violation. — George Bataille Copy Share Image
“Erotic pleasure, derived from the most intimate physical contact, thrives on the paradox that only by keeping alive the strangeness of that… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Oh Dick, you eroticise what you're not, secretly hoping that the other person knows what you're performing and that they're performing too.” — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
“The memories were like ashes. No fire. Not even a spark. No other sex in my life had touched this level of… — M. Pierce Copy Share Image
“I am a good lover, but that is not so difficult. It requires only that I pay attention, and watch and listen… — Nikki Sex Copy Share Image
Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.' - Senor Sempere. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Christianity gave eroticism its savor of sin and legend when it endowed the human female with a soul. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“It is as if we need to be reminded of convention in order properly to appreciate the wonder of being unguarded...” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
What does physical eroticism signify if not a violation of the very being of its practitioners? – A violation bordering on death,… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
In modern consumer society, the attack on mother-child eroticism took its total form; breastfeeding was proscribed and the breasts reserved for the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“We fell into each other’s arms and kissed like we were coming up for air after being underwater for days. The melding… — Emme Rollins Copy Share Image
“How many rooms are there in the chambers of your heart? How many rooms full of memories can you describe like the… — Valentine Bonnaire Copy Share Image
The more closely we analyze what we consider 'sexy,' the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
American eroticism has always been of a different provenance and complexion than the European variety, an enjoyment both furtive and bland that… — Molly Haskell Copy Share Image
The smouldering eroticism of great European actresses like Jeanne Moreau demonstrated to my generations women's archetypal mystery and glamour, completely missing from… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Appalling numbers of youth have been led into a cynical ultra-sophisticated attitude which regards drinking as a badge of social aptitude, which… — Francis Parker Yockey Copy Share Image
We should be telling girls what they already know but rarely see affirmed: that the lives they lead inside their own self-contained… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Jesse realized what he was doing. The man was trying to make her angry enough to give him what he wanted in… — Alice Alfonsi Copy Share Image
“What is life without this? which was why, in the end, it was I, and not he, who blurted out, not once,… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I rely on images of violence, which bring the shock of pain, to penetrate the barriers people erect and defend, not simple… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
“Living erotically is opening oneself up to nature-- externally and within.” — Kristie LeVangie Copy Share Image
Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“I want eroticism mixed with love, and deep love one does not experience often.” — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“Don't run around looking for someone who can sexually satisfy you, run around and look for the book which will intellectually satisfy… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Eroticism resides in the ambiguous space between anxiety and fascination.” — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Eroticism, it may be said, is assenting to life up to the point of death — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image