“The ideal is the enemy of the real.”
Susan Block“Aw... don’t be so upset. Come here and sit on my face.”
Dr Susan Block“Interestingly, bonobo percussionists prefer a tempo of 280 beats per minute, the syllabic rate at which most humans speak.”
Dr Susan Block“Deep in the heart of the hot, wet African rainforest, there lives a tribe of peacemakers who share a multiplicity of pleasures and make a very special kind of love. South of the sprawling Congo River, in the midst of war-ravaged territory, some 2,000 miles from the arid Ethiopian desert where the oldest human fossils have been found, lies this lush and steamy jungle paradise, the only natural habitat of the bonobo.”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“What might happen if we could somehow reorient ourselves toward our more loving, bonobo side rather than our inner mad chimpanzee?”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“Bonobos are... ambassadors from a primordial world of peace through pleasure, inviting us in one kiss at a time.”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“Bonobo discipline involves being schooled in a gentler, more playful fashion.”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“Love the Earth You Make Love On”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“The ideal is the enemy of the real.”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“Pleasure is the Root of All Good”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way“Though bonobos tend to be a lot hairier than us—and they don’t build houses or churches or Pentagons like we do—these primates look and act remarkably human. They often even go beyond the merely “human,” and enter the realm of the truly “humane.”
Susan Block, The Bonobo Way