Inferiors Quote by Robert Boyle

“In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had unreasonably decided that you were a…

— John Lanchester

“He never had been good at going without sex. Previously, there had never been a need to. Nearly nine weeks into the celibate lifestyle,…

— Kylie Scott

“If a passionate celibacy was all he could have with Sophia, well, that was still better than having sex with any other female as…

— Evangeline Anderson

“Was he a bad man or just a foolish one? He didn't feel bad to himself. As a husband he believed himself to be…

— Howard Jacobson

“About every six to eight months, I run into a man who astounds me sexually, but between escapades, I'm celibate, which I don't think…

— Sue Grafton

“I should have thought,' said Fanny after a pause of recollection and exertion, 'that every woman must have felt the possibility of a man's…

— Jane Austen

“He’d tried celibacy. The only problem was the lack of sex.”

— Mark Haddon

“Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not be set down as certain that he must be acceptable…

— Jane Austen

“If the Lord made anything better than a woman he kept it for himself.”

— Jerry Lee Lewis

“It’s not so simple. Many girls suffer terribly, being unable to make up their minds. Or else they give in to desire but are…

— Orhan Pamuk

“It was said that its existence protected decent women. An unmarried man could go to one of these houses and evacuate the sexual energy…

— John Steinbeck

“Celibate? He lived and breathed sex. Considered sex the eighth wonder of the world. Suffering blue balls was for teenagers. Not grown men.”

— Kate Angell