In a baby's first months, the earliest patterns of intimacy or distrust are forever grooved into his soul.

I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better.

Separation is not the end of love; it creates love.

Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.

After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion into one. Postcoital conversations keep the woman's power alive. Through unconscious severance, by falling asleep, the man regains his self.

No man can be really free in bed with a woman who is not.

In a baby's first months, the earliest patterns of intimacy or distrust are forever grooved into his soul.