With lesbians the lure seems to be softness and sensuality. The sexual processes of women are so subtle and so complicated that it usually takes someone of the same sex to know how to please them. Quentin Crisp Illustration: Women … Continue reading
The difficulty with saying ‘no’ to someone to whom we have already said ‘yes’ is that he is bound to think there was something unsatisfactory about the first sexual encounter. Having already lost our immortal soul, something more than a … Continue reading
Apart from railing against the enforced inertia of train journeys, people utter no panegyrics about the scenery through which they pass; they only have hideous tales to tell about fellow passengers. These stories worry me because I have always felt … Continue reading
ART (noun): Beauty plus pity – that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where there is beauty there is pity for the simple reason that beauty must die: beauty always dies, the manner dies with … Continue reading
And no, I never found the great dark man because there is no great dark man. You are alone. It’s always the same – it’s never “out there,” it’s always in here. I once knew a woman with whom I … Continue reading
Beings Akin 