In the life of the rural population into which I was plunged everything was impregnated with erotism.

One was surrounded by animal lubricity in all its immodesty.

Contrary to the generally received opinion, I believe that a child may preserve his sexual innocence more easily in a town than in the country.

There are, no doubt, many exceptions to this rule.

But the functions of the sexual life are generally more concealed in the towns than in the fields.