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Quote #10
Undoubtedly the fact that he might now come and see Aglaya as much as he pleased again was quite enough to make him perfectly happy; that he might come and speak to her, and see her, and sit by her, and walk with her—who knows, but that all this was quite enough to satisfy him for the whole of his life, and that he would desire no more to the end of time?
(It was this contentment, it seems, that Lizabeta Prokofievna was secretly afraid of; she had divined it; she secretely feared many things that very probably she could not have put into words.) (4.5.125-126)
And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, from the mouths of babes—ahem—the mouths of moms: you just can't have a romantic relationship without some sexual component! It's pretty cool that in a 19th century novel, we get this frank admission about how important sexuality is for the womenfolk, no? Way to stay ahead of the progressive curve, there, Dostoevsky.