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The Greatest Fulfillment in Sexual Love
Douglas Murray: Sexual love is probably the greatest intimation you can have of what might otherwise only be superseded by divine love. There's a poem by Philip Larkin called High Windows which is remarkable because he came to sexual fruition in the 40s and the hell that involved. He says, when I see a couple of kids and guess he's fucking her and she's taking pills or wearing a diaphragm, I know this is paradise. Everyone old is dreamed of all their lives. The answer to speech we do not like is more speech.