They live uneventful, subdued, "reasonable" lives, free not only from quarrels, disorder or insecurity of any kind, but also from "passion, " including physical love.

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The underlying question posed by Mr Sollers is how you can be happy, reconciling physical love with passion, when sexual disappointment, sadness and cultural poverty are so common.

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"People have said many times 'God is love, ' and I feel like an extension of that is love to mean spiritual love, physical love, mental love, the act of creation, " James said.

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In fact, a lot of medical evidence indicates that if they do have physical affection, love and sex they will live longer.

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But for those of us who love physical keyboards and want a keyboard paired with the full functionality of a serious smartphone, the Q10 delivers.

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For job-seekers with less obvious physical challenges, MacDougall recommends what she calls the "make them love you first" approach.

FORBES

When Wilde wrote that all excess as well as all renunciation brings its punishment, he evidently had in mind the contrast between Basil, who can conceive of his love for Dorian only in abstract terms, and Dorian, who is so intent on embracing the physical that he loses his mind.

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