Sex Quotes in The Time Traveler's Wife Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #7 [Clare to Henry:] "But how much sex is enough?" [Henry:] "For me? Oh, God. My idea of the perfect life would be if we stayed in bed all the time." (1.11.24) |
Clare seems to be concerned about Henry's strong sex drive. Could his inclination also point to some other underlying personal need?
| Quote #8 [Clare:] "And you appeared, and I basically teased you until you couldn't take it. […] And you jumped me and pinned me, and for about thirty seconds we both thought 'This is it.' […] But you got this look on your face and you said, 'No,' and you got up and walked away." [Henry:] "Wow, that's a better man than I." (1.11.42-45) |
Henry's love for Clare seems to have helped him transform from a womanizer, out for quick sexual pleasure, to a responsible grown-up man, a man he didn't believed he had in him.
| Quote #9 [Henry to Clare:] "I'm not kidding about wanting that much sex. I mean, I realize that it's not practical. But I've been wanting to tell you: I feel so different. I just… feel so connected to you. And I think that holds me here, in the present. Being physically connected the way we are, it's kind of rewiring my brain." (1.11.49) |
Henry believes that the cure to his disorder might be sex, in the sense that their physical connection is tangible, something that grounds him in reality.
