It’s something of a cliché, at least among war correspondents, that war makes people unusually horny; what it actually does is make you want to touch as much flesh as you can get your hands on.

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There is a common saying, “It’s something of a cliché, at least among war correspondents, that war makes people unusually horny; what it actually does is make you want to touch as much flesh as you can get your hands on.” This quote captures how people can become more sexually excited when they are in the middle of a war.

Source: Short Century: A Novel

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