“A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
“What Imind was being hit by a cab, then landing on the lap of a naked man. With an erection, Anya. He had an erection.”
Source: The Darkest Kiss
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VII, 12
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