• For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do - they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.

  John Updike
  American writer and criticus 1932-2009
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1. necessities
2. glowing
3. other

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For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do - they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. by : John Updike

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