“His heart and mind must be pure. He must put aside fornication—”
Sagitta chuckled. “Dear Father, sex is the ultimate creative power. Your faith’s rejection of that principle will be its downfall.”

Source: Queen's Gambit Declined (1989), Chapter 7 (p. 86)

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