For the creator of this world, when he mastered men, has clearly broken something in them; therefore they always demand from women the opposite of what they offer them: if a woman is easily given to them, men instead of gratitude assure that they can love with pure love only innocence. And if a woman wants to observe innocence, they only think about how to grab out the treasure carefully kept from her. And they never find rest, for the contradiction of their desires requires an eternal struggle between flesh and spirit.
Stefan Zweig