“ Women are seen as imperfect or unclean, because of a myth of a tempting apple, because they bleed monthly, because they lack equivalent upper body strength. Thomm Quackenbush
“ I see no reason that a man should have any issue with worshiping a goddess any more than a woman would in worshiping a male deity. It is undeniable that women, particularly in the Abrahamic faiths, ha… Thomm Quackenbush
“ There is a theory that men do not need Paganism because they have endless avenues of societal power available. Why use spells when one can get a bank loan with little trouble? The world already bends… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Having ascended to some spiritual strength by focusing on the power of the feminine, it is no doubt tempting to wield this strength against that which triggers memories of having once been weaker. Thomm Quackenbush
“ It is difficult to process the sacred masculine when your closest example has been a man smacking you around, verbally degrading you, lording over you, or otherwise proving a poor demonstration of the… Thomm Quackenbush
“ I have never tried to walk through a mall in the Christmas season dressed like a jolly old elf. You might as well dress up like a pork chop and walk into an alley full of starving dogs. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Things had improved after he was born. We both loved him with such fervor that it was impossible that some wouldn’t splash back on us. Thomm Quackenbush
“ There are three people in your life: your great love, the one you want to have children with, and the one whom you can spend the rest of your life with. If you find that last one first, you have it ma… Thomm Quackenbush
“ You know about witches, wizards. You can envision dragons, even if you presently think you are above believing in them. You doubt magic, but you have a word for it. Isn't that a strangeness that wears… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Eating should be an act of physical necessity or emotional joy, not something to alleviate boredom. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Beyond these moments, she could hardly count the fumbling ministrations of boys in high school who, even to her senior prom, never went beyond sticky pleasantries. With one exception, it was just a so… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Private moments held not a candle to coitus, not even the expensive kind of candle that made the whole room smell of far off seasons. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Roselyn adored the scent of sex, the wafting aroma of angel fontanels before they earn their halos. Thomm Quackenbush
“ There is little worse than when the person to whom you want to apologize is having great sex in your room. Thomm Quackenbush
“ It seemed inequitable at best that one could and did gain a reputation for things that left one both physically and emotionally unsatisfied. Thomm Quackenbush
“ I was pure, before you defiled me, and don't you forget it. As though the concept of purity is anything more than the construct of selfish, competitive men stampeding toward the women to call dibs. I'… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Sex was this primal connection like no magick she had ever known, even separated by a millimeter of latex. She knew that some combined the two and, while she could see how this would improve the magic… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Pagans earn their reputations for relaxed sexual mores, often in rebellion from the repression of their religions during adolescence. At a Pagan festival, one need only lower one's guard to be offered… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Nothing in my beliefs tells me to let my relationship with the divine interfere with romantic love, the friction of sects never getting in the way of the friction of sex. Thomm Quackenbush
