Carolina QuotesIt is not only when it takes the form of physical addiction that sex is evil. It is also evil when it manifests itself as a way of satisfying the lust for power or the climber's craving for position and social distinction.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 14, p. 358 [2012 reprint]
- work
- Ends and Means (1937)
- year
- 1937
- locator
- p. 358
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“It is not only when it takes the form of physical addiction …” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-99EB588312. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/99eb588312
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