Conviction Quote by Martha Gellhorn

What I did was not for sexual pleasure. Rather it brought me some peace of mind.

— Andrei Chikatilo

“I was still young and the whole world of beauty was opening before me, my own officious obstructions were often swept aside and, startled…

— C.S. Lewis

I learned that sex was not a question of victory or defeat, of pleasure or profit: of a hand's manipulation and a physical response:…

— Fay Weldon

To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality.

— Nicolas Chamfort

I enjoyed sex and indulged in it when I fancied the men.

— Christine Keeler

Sex wasn't God's big mistake. Judging against sex was humanity's big mistake. Pleasure is as divine as any cathedral, any temple.

— Deepak Chopra

Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power…

— Anonymous

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.

— Jeanne Calment

I never thought that sex was wrong, sinful, dirty. When you take away the thought of things being dirty or forbidden, then you can…

— Gioconda Belli

“At the same time that I was marketing myself as a sexual product, in accordance with my instruction by women’s magazines, romance novels, and…

— Emily Nagoski

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure…

— Rebecca West

I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the…

— Edmond de Goncourt