Esther Perel Quotes

We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An affair is a perfect erotic plot because it fits the erotic equation of psychotherapist Jack Morin: "Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement.".

Esther Perel

• Perfect
• Desire
• Obstacles
• Fit
• Excitement
• Absence
• Affair

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• We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An affair is a perfect erotic plot because it fits the erotic equation of psychotherapist Jack Morin: "Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement.".

  

  Esther Perel
  • Perfect
  • Desire
  • Obstacles