I began to realize what everyone in the world.... : Quote by Vivian Gornick

“ I began to realize what everyone in the world knows and routinely forgets: that to be loved sexually is to be loved not for one's actual self but for one's ability to arouse desire in the other...Only the thoughts in one's mind or intuitions of the spirit can attract permanently... ”

Vivian Gornick
  • From : The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
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