On sexual intercourse:

The pleasure is momentary, the pains are infinite, and the posture is ridiculous.


as remembered by William S. Burroughs, in: Ted Morgan, Literary Outlaw. The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs. London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012, p. 61.


The pleasure is momentary, the pains are infinite, and the posture is ridiculous.

The pleasure is momentary, the pains are infinite, and the posture is ridiculous.

The pleasure is momentary, the pains are infinite, and the posture is ridiculous.

The pleasure is momentary, the pains are infinite, and the posture is ridiculous.