Pleasure is not a need, but an incentive.

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.

Some women do not masturbate for pleasure; they masturbate to make a political statement: to remind us that women do not really need men (or at least not as much and as frequently as every single male chauvinist and every single misogynist believes).

It was masturbation, not willpower, that made it possible for gazillions of women to walk down the aisle with their reputation and their hymen still intact.

To chase pleasure is to be chased by pain.

Meditation eventually reveals our ability of getting pleasure from giving our undivided attention to our pain.

Some women have been faking orgasms for so long that they sometimes fake one when they are masturbating.

Masochism is an unforgettable reminder of the spiritual fact that every experience, even pain or suffering, can be enjoyed.

The problem with pleasure is that it needs to be intermittent in order to retain its pleasantness.