That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was about connection. It was about looking at another human being and seeing your own loneliness and neediness reflected back. It was recognising that together you had the power to temporarily banish that sense of isolation. It was about experiencing what it was to be human at the basest, most instinctive level. How could that be described as just anything?
But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluct… - Emily Maguire
But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluct…
- Emily Maguire
Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover. - Emily Maguire
Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover.
Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way inconsistent with both positions and somehow stil… - Emily Maguire
Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way inconsistent with both positions and somehow stil…
It was disconcerting that being in love felt lonelier than lonelines. - Emily Maguire
It was disconcerting that being in love felt lonelier than lonelines.
That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was about c… - Emily Maguire
That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was about c…
The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you give in to it, it just … - Emily Maguire
The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you give in to it, it just …
Boys are rarely told that their virginity is a gift, or indeed that their sexuality is about “giving” something to another person – lightly or not. B… - Emily Maguire
Boys are rarely told that their virginity is a gift, or indeed that their sexuality is about “giving” something to another person – lightly or not. B…
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