Toni Bentley Professions : Author Born : 1958 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Toni Bentley If a man can possess a woman sexually -really possess- he won't need to control her ideas, her opinions, her clothes, her friends, even her other lovers. Toni Bentley relationship men sex I recognized it immediately the first time it happened - the cackle of the crone. It is the sound of a woman who is caught inside the mystery of the universe, in the irony of the angst, in the place ego abhors. Bliss. Toni Bentley ego sound firsts Dancing may not be the perfect substitute for love, human love, but it certainly requires all the time and thought and energy that could otherwise be dedicated to love. Toni Bentley dancing energy perfect To live and to laugh require a reason. But dancing is so close to one's guts that it has no reason and yet it needs none; it's physical, and as a source of good cheer it is end endless. Toni Bentley cheer dancing dance A brand-new pair of toe shoes presents itself to us as an enemy with a will of its own that must be tamed. Toni Bentley shoes ballet enemy A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment. Toni Bentley shoes ballet commitment We live only to dance. If living were not an essential prerequisite, we would abstain. Toni Bentley prerequisites essentials ifs Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors