G. K. Chesterton on sex

‘My country, right or wrong’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying, except in a desperate case. It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober’.

The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn’t mean I’m naughty.

Britney Spearsborn 1981

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988Glory Road (1963)

• Animals
• Men
• Women

Sex between a man and a woman can be absolutely wonderful⁠—provided you get between the right man and the right woman.

Woody Allenborn 1935