Quotes

Words at once true and kind

Nothing shows why at this unique distance from isolation It becomes more difficult to find words At once true and…

12 years ago

How does an Englishman know his wife has died?

How does an Englishman know his wife has died? Sex is still the same, but the dishes are piling up…

12 years ago

Sex-free regions

Yorkshire and the North-east are set to be sex-free regions, at least as far as independent television is concerned. David…

12 years ago

Fear of sex

While the world’s extremists are quite open about their fear of sex, the British pretend to be utterly at ease…

12 years ago

We are naturally a covered up nation

We are naturally a covered up nation, both mentally and physically. The ancient Greeks lived in Greece. We live in…

12 years ago

We are not a physically confident nation

We are not a physically confident nation. When we think of ourselves making love we do not summon the blissful…

12 years ago

Catherine Morland began to curl her hair and long for balls

At fifteen, appearances were mending; she [Catherine Morland] began to curl her hair and long for balls. Jane Austen, Northhanger…

12 years ago

Knowingness that suggested the whole sex thing mightn’t be totally alien to them

There was a “knowingness” about the way they walked that suggested the whole sex thing mightn’t be totally alien to…

12 years ago

English girls were too sensible for sex

These girls [local girls] were too sensible for sex. They wanted to play chasing and stuff. Courtship and sex were…

12 years ago

We all knew what them continentals were like about sex

Sure, we all knew what them continentals were like about sex. They were all at it from an early age,…

12 years ago