“It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.”

“I thought to myself how much more welcome a faculty the imagination would be if we could tell when it was at work and when not.”

“There are other things to a woman than taking her to bed.”

“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.”

“The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23”

“Sex for pleasure, for fun, or even for building relationships is completely absent from our national conversation. Yet taking the joy out of sexuality is a surefire way to ensure not that young wom...”