Quote by Margot Livesey Download Open image ““Men were strictly for pleasure and for experimenting with versions of the self.”” — Margot Livesey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Men may thus have several sorts of pleasures. The true pleasure is that for which they give up another.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“It was his vocation to pleasure as many women as possible, in pursuit of his own pleasure. It was as close to a job… — Rosanna Leo Copy Share Image
“I want to learn how to trust a man. I wanted to know what true, physical pleasure felt like. I wanted to find the… — Nina Lane Copy Share Image
“His nature was not a suspicious one, and he did not take pleasure, as some men did, in believing himself to have been betrayed.” — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Men in their forties were so sexy: the calm assurance of what a man liked and didn’t, where he set limits and where he… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
“They were anxious to make men of us, by which they meant making us like themselves.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“The knowledge that you desired other men was in you. The only thing you needed to be taught was how to unlock that desire,… — Joanna Chambers Copy Share Image
“Originally and naturally, sexual pleasure was the good, the beautiful, the happy, that which united man with nature in general. When sexual feelings and… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Effortlessly, the man sowed the idea of sex with his quips, the smiles, and something as innocent as their legs brushing against one another.” — Melissa Blue Copy Share Image
“Isn't there a pleasure in criticising everything and discovering faults where other men detect beauties?” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“There was an art to taking someone outside of themselves. Some people went their whole lives enjoying pleasurable sex without brushing those lines, those… — Kit Rocha Copy Share Image
“Physical pleasure is awakening in me the desire for more pleasure in general.” — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
In the wake of her indispensable textbook, Janet Burroway now offers a splendid and concise guide to the thorny task of revision. Writers, young… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“All along, he'd been looking in the wrong direction, trying to make time stand still, to re-create the past, but everything in life taught… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
In How to Be an American Housewife Margaret Dilloway creates an irresistible heroine. Shoko is stubborn, contrary, proud, a wonderful housewife and full of… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
Barry recounts all this in prose of often startling beauty. Just as he describes people stopping in the street to look at Roseanne, so… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“She knew she oughtn't to scold but she couldn't bear such a hyperbole. People couldn't live without food and air or shelter and money.… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life” — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous, precise prose… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
In The Moon, Come to Earth Philip Graham takes us on the best kind of journey, as he simultaneously reveals the fascinating city of… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“so often my own emotions were hidden not only from other people but from myself. or perhaps it was the other way round: i… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned it's the other way round. We repeat what we remember. Only forgetfulness sets us free. — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
