Quote by Terry Pratchett

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes when they were hungry they created vast banquets in their imagination - but

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It f

Summary

in reality, they often settled for a plain meal or skipped it altogether. This quote highlights the idea that people have a tendency to indulge in fantasies and intricacies when it comes to sex. Just like cookery, sex interests individuals and entices them to explore various techniques and possibilities through books or media. However, in practice, many people often opt for simplicity or even forego the act altogether. This comparison emphasizes the gap between sexual desires imagined in the mind and the actual fulfillment or lack thereof in the real world.

Topics

Sex

By Terry Pratchett

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Nineties style isn't.

Nineties style isn't.

David Borenstein, December 19, 1

Fashion

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year it's t

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined w

A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.

Henry A. Wallace

Money

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Godde

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

Temptation

Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequ

Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked.

Relationships

Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.

Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.

Beginnings

Trust, but verify.

Trust, but verify.

Trust

These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.

These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.

Schuyler Colfax

Patriotism

But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, w

But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote.

Freedom

I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming

I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.

Alcohol/alcoholism

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further stru

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.

Class

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poe

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.

Time Poetry