"Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe"
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Calling it “the most important thing in the universe” borrows the inflated language of statecraft and turns it inward. Politicians are trained to sell importance; Wilson repurposes that rhetorical muscle to argue that the private sphere isn’t a distraction from life’s meaning but one of its engines. The subtext is a quiet rebellion against a culture that treats productivity as virtue and tenderness as indulgence. In a century marked by war, austerity, and public performance, the line insists that history doesn’t only happen in parliaments. Sometimes it happens under a blanket, when two people choose each other over the noise.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Wilson, Malcolm. (2026, January 16). Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/sometimes-an-afternoon-spent-in-bed-with-someone-104042/
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Wilson, Malcolm. "Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/sometimes-an-afternoon-spent-in-bed-with-someone-104042/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/sometimes-an-afternoon-spent-in-bed-with-someone-104042/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
