“Sex can be estranging; it can drive two otherwise compatible people apart.”

“You can redirect your excessive sex drive towards being a renowned genius.”

“Emotions can override…the more powerful fundamental motives that drive our lives: hunger, sex, and the will to survive. People will not eat if they think the only food available is disgusting. They may even die, although other people might consider that same food palatable. Emotion triumphs over the hunger drive! A person may never attempt sexual contact because of the interference of fear or disgust, or may never be able to complete a sexual act. Emotion triumphs over the sex drive! And despair can overwhelm even the will to live, motivating a suicide. Emotions triumph over the will to live!”

“There are two ways you can go with pain: You can let it destroy you or you can use it as fuel to drive you… ”

“Straight people get married so that they can have sex. Gay men have sex so that they can get friends. ”

“the description of lust was simple: two people learn they're compatible , attraction grows, and the ancient instinct to preserve the species kicks in.”