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The noblest relationship is marriage, that is, love. its nobility resides in its altruism, the desire to serve another beyond all the pleasures of the relationship; and in its refusal ever to regard the other as a thing, an object, a utilizability. sex is an exchange of pleasures, of needs; love is a giving without return. it is this giving without return, this helping without reward, this surplus of pure good, that identifies the uniqueness of man as well as the true nature of the true marriage. this is the quintessence the great alchemy of sex is for.
-John Fowles
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The Noblest Relationship Is Marriage, That Is,

John Fowles
The noblest relationship is marriage, that is, love. its nobility resides in its altruism, the desire to serve another beyond all the pleasures of the relationship; and in its refusal ever to regard the other as a thing, an object, a utilizability. sex is an exchange of pleasures, of needs; love is a giving without return. it is this giving without return, this helping without reward, this surplus of pure good, that identifies the uniqueness of man as well as the true nature of the true marriage. this is the quintessence the great alchemy of sex is for.
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