Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker suggests that love resolves problems but sex introduces new complexities.
- In plain terms
- Love solves things, but sex brings up new questions.
- What can you take from it?
- Romance is simple in theory but complicated in practice.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is love so hard?
- What questions does sex raise?
Another view
It reduces sex to a source of confusion.
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