Kama Sutra Quotes

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Beth Hoffman
“She looked up and smiled. “I’m glad you found some books that interest you. Would you like a glass of lemonade?”

Though I was hoping to thank her for the books and be on my way, I didn't want to seem rude. I nodded and set the stack of books on the counter. While Miz Goodpepper pulled a pitcher from the refrigerator, I asked, “Is the Kama Sutra a volcano?”

She gasped and splashed lemonade across the kitchen counter. The strangest look streaked across her face as she sopped up the mess with a wad of paper towels. “Well, I suppose some might think it's a volcano of sorts, but I can say with absolute assurance you wouldn't enjoy that book.”

“That's what I thought,” I said, feeling pleased with myself, so I put it back on the shelf.

She let out a barely audible sigh. “Good.”
Beth Hoffman, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

“A person acquainted with the true principles of this science, who preserves his Dharma (virtue or religious merit), his Artha (worldly wealth) and his Kama (pleasure or sensual gratification), and who has regard to the customs of the people, is sure to obtain the mastery over his senses. In short, an intelligent and knowing person attending to Dharma and Artha and also to Kama, without becoming the slave of his passions, will obtain success in everything that he may do.”
M. Vatsyayana, Kama Sutra

“IF a woman has manifested her love or desire, either by signs or by motions of the body,
and is afterwards rarely or never seen anywhere, or if a woman is met for the first time,
the man should get a go-between to approach her.”
M. Vatsyayana, Kama Sutra

“the English explorer Richard Burton told the story of an Englishman finding his new wife unconscious on the marital bed, having chloroformed herself. She had pinned a note to her nightdress which read: 'Mama says you're to do what you like.”
Sam Miller, A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes

Samantha James
“Miss Hawkes, I fear I cannot find the book I'm looking for."
"What is it? Do you know the author?"
"I do. His name is Vatsyayana."
Oh, but he was horrible. Hateful! It was Fionna's dearest wish to slap him, but he was too far away.
And if he thought to rattle her, he was sorely mistaken. "Ah, yes, I know his work."
His smile widened slowly, an unmistakable gleam in his eyes. For an instant he looked almost boyish. Under other circumstances, it might have been utterly engaging. As it was, it just infuriated her more.”
Samantha James, The Seduction Of An Unknown Lady