Quote by Siri Hustvedt

“The articulation of the other's body in words turns it into a map of possible pleasure, effectively distancing that body by transforming it into…

— Siri Hustvedt

“But the erotic offers a well of replenishing and provocative force to the woman who does not fear its revelation, nor succumb to the…

— Audre Lorde

“The erotic pleasure was starting to take on a life of its own for all three”

— Bat Maxwell

“For the erotic is not a question only of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel…

— Audre Lorde

“Erotic submission is a limit-experience, beyond which something else comes into play, something not quite human.”

— Jonathan Kemp

“Life's not about the moments of pleasure you, yourself can experience. It's about pleasurable moments you share with someone else that really matter.”

— Tammy Falkner

Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

— Georges Bataille

“We must have imagination, awakened by the uncertainty of being able to attain our object, to create a goal which hides our other goal…

— Marcel Proust

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

— Audre Lorde

The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of…

— Audre Lorde

“Recognizing the power of the erotic within our lives can give us the energy to pursue genuine change within our world, rather than merely…

— Audre Lorde

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

— John Steinbeck