Nymphomaniac: Vol. Ii(2013) -

Seligman listened, his mind constantly darting to parallels in history and religion. "Like the desert fathers," he mused, "seeking enlightenment through the mortification of the body."

"I lost it," Joe said, her voice a hollow rasp. "The feeling. It didn't just fade; it evaporated." Nymphomaniac: Vol. II(2013)

But as Joe drifted into a shallow sleep, the silence of the room was broken. Seligman, the man who had spent the night dissecting her life with logic and empathy, moved toward her, revealing his own hypocrisy. In that final moment, Joe realized that even the most "enlightened" observer was driven by the same impulses she had been describing. Seligman listened, his mind constantly darting to parallels

Seligman looked at her with a gentle, scholarly pity. He argued that there was no such thing as a "bad" human, only different ways of experiencing the world. He offered her a bed, a sanctuary, and the friendship of a man who claimed to be beyond the reach of physical desire. It didn't just fade; it evaporated