Thomas Pynchon Quotes

There was scarcely a woman alive, it seemed, who could resist the urge to haul men down onto beds, car seats, kitchen floors, dining-room tables, park grass, parlor sofas, or packing crates, entwine warm thighs around them, and pant in ecstasy.

The desire which a man has for a woman is not directed towards her because she is a human being, but because she is a woman ; that she is a human being is of no concern to the man; only her sex is the object of his desires.

the description of lust was simple: two people learn they're compatible , attraction grows, and the ancient instinct to preserve the species kicks in.

In my age group I don't know a single woman who is as successful as I am. I am the total exception. You can be very proud of it. But you are also very isolated.

I think good-looking naked ladies turn on the majority of men.

I've always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover but who wants to have sex with a book?

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger

I can look at a chick who's a little out of shape and if she turns me on, I won't hesitate to date her. If she's a good f**k she can weigh 150 pounds, I don't care.

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it were an elderly malady, like gout.

Sex is not the problem [Lust is]

The sexual drive is nothing but the motor memory of previously remembered pleasure.

If you question any candid person who is no longer young, he is very likely to tell you that, having tasted life in this world, he has no wish to begin again as a "new boy" in another.

Love is music, and sex is only the instrument.

And while my mind is telling me I'm flirting with her just to prove a point, my body wants to play "you show me your perky privates and I'll show you mine.

Sex and Love are two words that anyone can relate to, no matter the nationality or age.

I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.

Imagine what will happen to this nation if large numbers of American women start using the Wonderbra. It will be catastrophic. The male half of the population will be nothing but mindless drooling Zombies of Lust. Granted, this is also true now, but it will be even worse.

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.

I've never made love to a ghost but I have made love to men who are a few years away from becoming a ghost.

I'm not quite as limber, but for my peers and my age group, I'm still top notch!

Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.

How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.

Lust has less logic than love, sometimes, but it's easier to fight.