Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

are many ways of satisfying the sex urge, any one of them legitimate – depending upon the make-up of each individual –; All a man’s belief in God, the universe, the beauty of life; all his creative powers are centered in his establishing a normal life with a woman whom he can love, respect, and trust. Any perversion of his sexual life must be reflected in his impressions of the world about him, his philosophy, and the ability ever to realize the actuality of love –; A man who in any way by his own acts shuts himself out from the ability to love a woman, is damning himself to a life of complete sterility –; Ordinarily an encounter with such a depraved person would not be worth comment here – I suppose it is because of my feelings now in experiencing at last genuine love – Never to be tolerated, such depravity seems especially hateful now –