

“Originality is being different from oneself, not others.”
― Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica
― Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“As girls go through puberty, their hormones will have a direct impact on how their facial features develop. Women with high levels of estrogen will end up with full lips and a large waist-to-hip ratio, while women with lower levels of androgen, the steroid hormones, will keep their short and narrow jaws from childhood, along with their flatter brows—giving them much larger eyes. And—surprise, surprise—this balance of female hormones is also positively linked to fertility.”
― The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation
― The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation

“I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other people to read what I have written, and feel what I felt.”
― Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica
― Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“There were two chairs, but there were three of us. So, being the gentleman I am, I got down on the ground on all fours in my chair pose so that then there were three chairs and three of us—with one extra seat to spare. I make love the same way—with more orgasms than people involved.”
― Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.
― Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

“my love
for you
will always be
like a mountain stream.
quiet.
persistent.
continuous.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
for you
will always be
like a mountain stream.
quiet.
persistent.
continuous.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
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