“Now how can you like a man without wanting him?”

—  Theodore Sturgeon , book Venus Plus X

she demands of herself aloud.
There is no answer. It is an article of faith with her. If you like a man, it has to be because you want him. Whoever heard of it any other way?
Section 32 (p. 101)
Venus Plus X (1960)

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