To stand on one leg and prove God’s existence is a very different thing from going down on one’s knees and thanking him.
The bedroom is one of the most dangerous places in our society. There are more crimes of violence committed there than on the streets of Los Angeles. It’s an area with intense anxiety. When sex comes in the door, love flies out the window. Men are afraid of women and women have good reason to be afraid of men. If I hazarded a guess as to the most endemic, prevalent anxiety among human beings, including fear of death, abandonment, loneliness — nothing is more prevalent than the fear of one another.
