Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Lust Quotes

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Quote #7

At first I had only been out for amusement. (7.1.45)

Rousseau's sexual relationship with Therese becomes something much more intense after a while. He thinks she's marriage material.

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Quote #8

Klufpell had furnished some rooms for a little girl who, however, remained at everyone's disposal because he could not entirely keep her himself. (8.1.14)

Rousseau doesn't shy away from details about his life that he finds distasteful, like sharing a prostitute with his friends.

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Quote #9

The intoxication that seized me, although so sudden and foolish, was so strong and lasting that it took nothing less than the unforeseen and terrible crisis to cure me of it. (9.1.45)

Once again, Rousseau portrays his lust as out of his control. He just doesn't know how to reign it in.

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