Love Quote by Norman O. Brown

“Love is a kind of symptom that arises through the repression of libido.”

— Frank Tallis

The transformation of object-libido into narcissistic libido which thus takes place obviously implies an abandonment of sexual aims, a desexualization - a kind of…

— Sigmund Freud

“Love made us partners in narcissism”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Nevertheless, narcissists cannot see that their partner is giving them the love that they desire, while their partner cannot see that the narcissist is…

— Darlene Lancer

I think that one should view with philosophic admiration the strange paths of the libido and should investigate the purposes of its circuitous ways.

— Carl Jung

“Here libido and ego-interest share the same fate and have once more become indistinguishable from each other. The familiar egoism of the sick person…

— Sigmund Freud

“Sensuality often forces the growth of love too much, so that its root remains weak, and is easily torn up.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Sex is only a tool in love, not love itself.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Sexuality with all its attendant yearnings and pains, jealousies and taboos, is the most disturbing impulse humans have.”

— John Steinbeck

“Nearly everyone in the world has appetites and impulses, trigger emotions, islands of selfishness, lusts just beneath the surface.”

— John Steinbeck

“Mediocre love is for those who deny themselves depth of emotion, the key to which is sensuality.”

— Lebo Grand

“If women were as libidinous as men, we’re told, society itself would collapse. Lord Acton was only repeating what everyone knew in 1875 when…

— Christopher Ryan