Livets Bog, vol. 4
Marrying, settling down and having children have become more a question of money than of natural procreation or the promotion of the survival of mankind
1464. We have seen here that in spite of an exaggerated literary glorification of marriage, inspired by amorous rapture manifested in the form of poetry, films and plays with the most beautiful human beings and the greatest artists in the leading roles, marriage cannot stem the erotic desire and keep sexual pleasure within the bounds of marriage or the prescribed traditional ecclesiastical morality. We have seen crowds of people jostling to acquire the daily necessities of life. People have to stand in queues to attain these necessities. This applies as much to acquiring ordinary daily food as to getting a job or tolerable, humane employment. Marrying, settling down and having children have become a question of money rather than a question of the natural procreation or propagation of the human race.