In the presence of our addictions, we are not free to ask what we really desire. Eros is silent. The addiction floods us with the noise of its demand… - Sam Keen

The carrot of happiness has been dangled in front of me, just beyond my reach for as long as I can remember, and I have never gained on it. It is always still just a step beyond me. And, what’s worse, I have been hypnotized by the promise so that I keep going for it, stay in the harness. The moment I turn my eyes from the carrot and ask the radical question about my true desires, I step out of the harness and begin to wander freely in search of what will satisfy my hungers.

"The question that surrounds lovemaking is, "Did you cum?" and the unasked question beneath that is, "Am I all right?

Overstimulation of the adrenal glands (with consequent exhaustion of the spirit) is the price of our incorporation within the male womb of the modern corporate society.