Khushwant Singh On Women, Love & Lust Quotes

“Oh the gladness of her gladness when she’s glad, And the sadness of her sadness when she’s sad; But the gladness of her gladness, And the sadness of her sadness, Are as nothing, Charles, To the badness of her badness when she is bad.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust

“The woman wants the man to love her for ever and ever. She deliberately shuts her eyes to those two terrible enemies — Time and Change. Men are more realistic. They know that all things pass. And yet, it’s precisely out of this tension between the two sexes that civilization has evolved. Had this not been present, man would have become extinct like the many animals who were overtaken by this fate. Why do I say this? Because I see this “push” and “pull” as masculine and feminine principles, respectively, both of which are essential for the survival of the human race.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust

“In the absence of men all women are chaste.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust

“Men have many faults, women only two: Everything they say, and everything they do.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust

“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust