“What I wanted to get at is the value difference between pornographic playing-cards when you're a kid, and pornographic playing-cards when you're older. It's that when you're a kid you use the cards as a substitute for a real experience, and when you're older you use real experience as a substitute for the fantasy.”
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Albee, E. (n.d.). What I wanted to get at is the value difference between pornographic playing-cards when you're a kid, and pornographic playing-cards when you're older. It's that when you're a kid you use the cards as a substitute for a real experience, and when you're older you use real experience as a substitute for the fantasy. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33478-what-i-wanted-to-get-at-is-the/
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Albee, Edward. “What I wanted to get at is the value difference between pornographic playing-cards when you're a kid, and pornographic playing-cards when you're older. It's that when you're a kid you use the cards as a substitute for a real experience, and when you're older you use real experience as a substitute for the fantasy.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33478-what-i-wanted-to-get-at-is-the/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Albee, Edward. “What I wanted to get at is the value difference between pornographic playing-cards when you're a kid, and pornographic playing-cards when you're older. It's that when you're a kid you use the cards as a substitute for a real experience, and when you're older you use real experience as a substitute for the fantasy.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33478-what-i-wanted-to-get-at-is-the/.