“ We want different things. Men want to have sex with a woman. Then they want to have sex with another woman. And then another. Then they want to eat cornflakes and sleep for a while, and then they want… Hugh Laurie
“ Liberating ourselves from the traditional strictures of marriage altogether, and/or transforming those strictures to include all of us -- gay, feminist, career-focused, baby crazy, monogamous, non-mon… Courtney E. Martin
“ Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error. George Bernard Shaw
“ And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her, what he secretly wanted was for her to flatten out underneath his feet like… Sylvia Plath
“ We have rules. Full disclosure, for one thing. And we're in bed with each other at the end of the day. Our commitment is for life, and we save our hearts for each other. That way we can have play AND… Armistead Maupin
“ We drove to the hotel and said goodbye. How hypocritical to go upstairs with a man you don't want to fuck, leave the one you do sitting there alone, and then, in a state of great excitement, fuck the… Erica Jong
“ That would be Axelroot all over, to turn up with an extra wife or two claiming that's how they do it here. Maybe he's been in Africa so long he's forgotten that we Christians have our own system of ma… Barbara Kingsolver
“ I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind to sober pasture, just as it had for Saint Augustine. I longed for the day when the lov… Roman Payne
“ Have you heard of the Children of Mae?”“The cult?” She knew of a religious group whose members went door to door, preaching the benefits of self-discipline—abstinence, celibacy or monogamy, vegetarian… Colleen Chen
“ If love wasn’t conditional, every single first encounter with individuals of your 'preferred' gender would result in *love at first sight.* Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Monogamous relationships can be based on fear: fear of losing my partner because he might fall in love with another woman, or fear that she may find a more secure man with a deeper purpose than my own… Nityananda Das
“ I understood that if ever one wanted to live with someone you cooked for them and they came running. But then it is my idea of hell these days, living with someone. The idea of sharing your life with… Nigel Slater
“ The more deeply we dive, the less we mind upsetting waves, finding within intimate relationship an increasingly compelling invitation to seek and find freedom through our shared heart, our shared body… Robert Augustus Masters
“ Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the alter of monogamy Arthur Schopenhauer
“ In view of the frequent occurrence of modern domestic groups that do not consist of, or contain, an exclusive pair-bonded father and mother, I cannot see why anyone should insist that our ancestors we… Marvin Harris
“ Happily-ever-after monogamy has been reinforced so steadily in literature that we tend to feel like failures when we don’t achieve that in reality. Colleen Chen
