#brothel

One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions. ↗

#emotions #may #metaphysical #regard #sort

The gravel road widened into a large turnaround where three similar looking and designed brothels sat waiting for customers. They were called Sheila's Front Porch, Tawny's High Five Ranch and Miss Delilah's House of Holies. "Nice," Rachel said as we surveyed the scene. "why are these places always named after women -- as if women actually own them?" "You got me. I guess Mister Dave's House of Holies wouldn't go over so well with the guys." Rachel smiled. "You're right. I guess it's a shrewd move. Name a place of female degradation and slavery after a female and it doesn't sound so bad, does it? It's packaging. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#brothels #degradation #exploitation #marketing #prostitution

Empirically, the home had been designed to suit its purpose, and it did so quite well. It was a place where dreams died and fantasies came true. ↗

— Joseph DiFrancesco

#design

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#brothels #celebrities #hundred #next #put

In Hollywood, a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#any #brothel #employed #hollywood #name

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#being #being used #brothels #cameras #catch

I have never been to a brothel. I don't think I could go into one. ↗

— Stephen Rea

#brothel #could #go #i #into

And if all womankind banded together and took the male path, the world would turn into one huge brothel. ↗

— M. Ageyev

#female-versus-male #feminity #masculinity #men-versus-women #prostitution

To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#brothel #had #me #part #payment

So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back. ↗