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Quote by John Updike
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are message

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. – John Updike

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Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

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Truth should not be forced it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. – John Updike

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We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life. – William Godwin

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