“Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.”

—  Robert A. Heinlein, book The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Source: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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