“Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle.”
“Is it not certain that the Creator yawns in earthquake and thunder and other popular displays, but toils in rounding the delicate spiral of a shell?-Yeats, The Trembling of the Veil”
“Sex for pleasure, for fun, or even for building relationships is completely absent from our national conversation. Yet taking the joy out of sexuality is a surefire way to ensure not that young women won't have sex, but rather that they'll have it without pleasure.”
“It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books.”
“Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.”
“People derived too much pleasure from seeing their fellow man morally humiliated to spoil that pleasure by hearing out an explanation.”