He too knows she is a work of art, the lucky rare woman who is a work of art, classical art, beauty in its classical form, but alive, alive, and the aesthetic response to beauty alive is what? Desire.—Philip Roth , The Dying Animal
via steamvent, via Nightmare Brunette
Curious line of inquiry regarding the relationship between beauty and desire in specifically female cognitive machinations to be found here. Don't know if I buy it wholesale, but I see truth in it. Moreso, probably, than in the quote above.
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