The sex relation is not a personal relation. It can be irresistibly desired and rapturously consummated between persons who could not endure one another for a day in any other relation.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Sexual attraction can exist between people who are incompatible in every other aspect of life.
- In plain terms
- Desire doesn't mean two people are compatible overall.
- What can you take from it?
- Physical chemistry is not the same as personal compatibility.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a relationship work?
- Can desire alone sustain a partnership?
Another view
Some people do find deep compatibility alongside strong sexual desire.
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