"Nymphomaniac" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... therefore be said that, in so far as pain is pleasurable, it is so only in so far as it is recognized as a prelude to pleasure, or else when it is an actual stimulus to the nerves conveying the sensation of pleasure. The nymphomaniac who experienced an orgasm at the moment when the knife passed through her clitoris (as recorded by Mantegazza) and the prostitute who experienced keen pleasure when the surgeon removed vegetations from her vulva (as recorded by Fere) took no pleasure ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis |
