Me? You are laughing at me. Put your hand here. This has no theology.' I mocked myself while I made love. I flung myself into pleasure like a suicide on to a pavement.

Graham Greene
About This Quote

In this quote, V. S. Naipaul has described the moment when he was having sex with a woman and feeling guilty about it. He tried to convince himself that what he was doing was not wrong, but he knew it was wrong. He decided to make love to a woman as a way of trying to make up for his guilt.

Source: The Comedians

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