Quotable Quotes: Lust, Sex, Love, Intimacy
by Miki Saxon
Today is Valentine Day and I sincerely hope that you have better things planned than reading blogs—even mine.
Do you believe in love at first sight? I think that if one is going to be honest the looks exchanged by strangers across a crowded room are more likely to be lust, than love at first glance.
Thousands of years ago Buddha said, “Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train;” whereas Elizabeth Hurley puts a far more modern spin on it, “A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin.”
Lust can rest in one’s mind and never be acted upon, but, if action is preferred, it is wise to first ponder the words of John Barrymore, “Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.”
If that doesn’t dampen desire, then—man or woman—heed Shakespeare’s warning in Macbeth: “Alcohol provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.”
The thing about lust and sex is that they are both short-lived, although a lot of fun while they’re happening.
But, as Joanne Woodward points out, “Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.”
And that brings us to love—about which millions of words have been spoken, not to mention written.
Love is quirky and difficult to define, but Roy Croft offers a bit of wisdom that makes a great deal of sense, “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.”
Anon has a bit of wisdom to offer up that would improve life on all levels is we would just follow it, “Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.”
But what of intimacy?
Barbara Cartland, who certainly knows all about these topics (do you think she does her own research?) says, “Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.”
However, true as that is, it is Thomas More who really understands the road to real intimacy, “Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.”
Have a wonderful day. Spread love lavishly throughout your world and it will come back to you as a tsunami.
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