Anne Carson Quotes

To talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass.

More sex. We must have more sex.

In sex one wants or does not want. And the grief, the sorrow of life is that one cannot make or coerce or persuade the wanting, cannot command it, cannot request it by mail order or finagle it through bureaucratic channels.

I don't think relationships are all about sex, but it's definitely about passion and that feeling of "I want you now." I love that romantic side of it.

People often are unsure whether or not they are in love, but they generally know whether or not they are having sex.

Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. The greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. When the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim.

So sweet and delicious do I become, when I am in bed with a man who, I sense, loves and enjoys me, that the pleasure I bring excels all delight, so the knot of love, however tight it seemed before, is tied tighter still.

It's wonderful to feel desired. There's a sense of power in it, really.

I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways.

Love is music, and sex is only the instrument.

In this loveless everyday life eroticism is a substitute for love.

I'm no expert, Rock, but I don't think I have any poontang...to give you.

Close your eyes, and think of someone you physically admire, and let me kiss you.

When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing.

I would say that I am having less sex now that I’m playing in Serie B – there is more to think about in this division.

I thought it would be weird having sex with short hair but then I kind of got into the mode.

If she could find a man who could feel and laugh as well as desire, she might even think about thinking about marriage.

I can't think of anything I'd rather have more than somebody lovin' me.

It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.

I think you can only be truly mad at someone you really love.

Sex and love are like tea and milk. They can be mixed or they can be taken straight. Each has certain distinctive characteristics, but when they are combined they form a unique substance.

I want love and I won't settle for less

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

You use sex to express every emotion except love.

No matter how much you know, no matter how much you think, no matter how much you plot and you connive and you plan, you're not superior to sex. It's a very risky game.... It's sex that disorders our normally ordered lives.