"Wild inside; raging, writhing—yes, "writhing" was the word,……" — Aldous Huxley
"Wild inside; raging, writhing—yes, "writhing" was the word, writhing with desire. But outwardly he was hopelessly tame; outwardly—baa, baa, baa."
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