"Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy."
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"There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy?"
"Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good."