quotations about sex
Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.
DOROTHY PARKER
attributed, The Illustrated Dictionary of Snark
The best that he had ever managed in bed, so far, had been the maximum of relief with the minimum of hostility.
JAMES BALDWIN
Another Country
I felt an angel's possessing grip, the flames
rising from your skin,
the shadow of the divine.
EDWARD HIRSCH
O Magazine, February 2007
I've tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.
TALLULAH BANKHEAD
Tallulah, Darling
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them of clay, in the way Adam was fashioned.
MARTIN LUTHER
Table Talk
The best contraceptive for old people is nudity.
PHYLLIS DILLER
attributed, "Phyllis Diller's Best One-Liners", CBS News, August 21, 2012
The carnal contact side by side, from heel to armpit, brings shudders that shake up nature like the flights of nocturnal birds.
LOUIS ARAGON
The Adventures of Telemachus