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But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives

But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret and reluctance and deep, deep sorrow. But there is compensation for lives unlived in the intoxicating joy of knowing that the life you have - right here, right now - if the one you have chosen. There is power in that, and hope.

Emily Maguire
Letting Go, Regret, Knowing

It was disconcerting that being in love felt lonelier than lonelines.

Emily Maguire
Being In Love, Felt

The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if you give in to it, it just gets worse. The more you have, the deeper you go, the more you need.

Emily Maguire
Love Is, Giving, Lust
Emily Maguire (2009). “Taming the Beast”, p.350, Picador Australia

Boys are rarely told that their virginity is a gift, or indeed that their sexuality is about “giving” something to another person – lightly or not. Boys “get laid”, “get lucky”, “get some”. They “take a girl’s virginity”, “take advantage”; if they’re thoughtful, they “take their time”. Boys are not taught to think of themselves or their virginity as something to be offered up, unwrapped and enjoyed.

Emily Maguire
Girl, Thinking, Thoughtful

Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover.

Emily Maguire
True Love, Real, Blood

Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way inconsistent with both positions and somehow still be convinced of their own integrity.

Emily Maguire
Integrity, Men, Alex
Emily Maguire (2009). “Taming the Beast”, p.93, Picador Australia

That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was about connection. It was about looking at another human being and seeing your own loneliness and neediness reflected back. It was recognising that together you had the power to temporarily banish that sense of isolation. It was about experiencing what it was to be human at the basest, most instinctive level. How could that be described as just anything?

Emily Maguire
Sex, Loneliness, Together
Emily Maguire (2009). “Taming the Beast”, p.85, Picador Australia

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