“Like my prehistoric hunter-gatherer ancestors, I hit the road fairly often in my footloose youth. From Yales Dramat to Afghanistans Bamiyan Buddhas, from the tantric ashrams of Kathmandu to the lib...”

“In Bonoboville, the females gently but firmly rule the roost, keeping the males gentle and firm”

“I loved the zebras, the cheetahs, the fruit flies, the octopi and the rest. But The Nature of Sex climaxed with a species Id never heard of before, bonobos, which the narrator also called by their ...”

“I squinted through the big window, a portal to another world, trying to get a better view of the primal love scene before us. All I could see was a mass of wriggling fur and finger-like toes until ...”

“Release your Inner Bonobo”

“Though bonobos tend to be a lot hairier than usand they dont build houses or churches or Pentagons like we dothese primates look and act remarkably human. They often even go beyond the merely human...”

“Sex is flagrantly separated from reproduction in a few species, including bonobos and dolphins.”

“What might happen if we could somehow reorient ourselves toward our more loving, bonobo side rather than our inner mad chimpanzee?”

“Aw... dont be so upset. Come here and sit on my face.”

“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”

“We love surfers for the same reasons we have always admired doctors and pilots and firemen and shamans, for the same reasons we admire excellent soldiers: because despite themselves they have bowed...”

“Passion is a Horse Given to Us to Discipline.”