My Favourite Quotes From The Alabaster Girl

Here is a small collection of some of my favourite quotes from the book “The Alabaster Girl” by Zan Perrion. People know Zan as some pickup guy but I assure you he is so much more. :)

Let’s get right into it…

Isn’t the desire for a one-night stand essentially a desire for mediocrity? Because if the other really is that great, wouldn’t we want to see them again? If I am interested enough in a woman to want her in my bed, then I will want to see her again. I have no desire to become physical with a woman if I can’t experience her fully. I want to delight in her aspect, in her mind — not just her body. I don’t want or need “just sex.” I’ve been there many times before and the landscape can be, at times, bland and boring. Instead, I need to commit to her and the experience freely, entirely, without suppressing myself in any way — even if it is only for one night.

Was it Kundera who suggested that vertigo — the twinge of fear we feel when we look down from a great height — is not the fear of falling; it is, rather, the desire to fall? We are not afraid that we might fall; we are afraid that we might jump. Yes, this seems about right. It is not knowing what we are falling into, yet standing on the very edge anyway, so afraid and yet so willing. We try to reason with ourselves, others warn us to be careful, and all we can do is lean out even further, overwhelmed by love potions and magic. We don’t know and yet we exactly know. It is a euphoric loss of sensibility, an exquisite madness that…