Quote of the Day: Marilyn Monroe on Daily Inspiration

Notice Monroe chooses the word “nature” rather than “instinct” or “appetite.” Instinct can sound animal, appetite can sound indulgent, but nature is bigger than judgment. It implies an ecosystem: seasons, tides, bodies, time. Against that backdrop, her line lands with calm authority: “Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.”

That first sentence is a reframing maneuver. It pulls sex out of the courtroom, out of verdicts, purity tests, and whispered euphemisms, and places it back into the ordinary category of human reality. If sex belongs to nature, it isn’t automatically virtuous or vile; it’s simply present, like hunger or sleep. The provocation isn’t “anything goes.” It’s the refusal to pretend that desire is an alien intrusion rather than a built-in feature of being alive.

The second sentence is where the quote becomes a philosophy of self. “I go along” is not reckless surrender; it’s alignment. It suggests honesty over performance, consent over coercion, and self-knowledge over shame. In a culture that often monetizes sexuality while scolding sexual agency, Monroe’s simplicity is radical: treat desire as part of the whole person, and the person becomes harder to control. That’s a statement about freedom as much as it is about sex.

Marilyn Monroe knew what it meant to be looked at, labeled, and reduced, then to insist on being more than a projection. From a troubled youth to global stardom, her life made her fluent in the difference between others’ fantasies and one’s own truth.

On a mid-February Wednesday like this, when winter still presses and everyone is negotiating what to endure and what to embrace, Monroe’s counsel is practical: make peace with what is natural in you, then choose your boundaries with clear eyes. That’s humanity, lived without apology.