Page Ninety Seven

...'No, he's not,'said the girl firmly.'But it has occasionally hapenned to him. And i know that if you had taken my question seriously, your answer would have been "Yes, I have".
All men, in all cultures and coutries, independent of any feelings of love or sexual attraction have all experience impotence at one time or another, often when they're with the person they most desire. Its normal'.
"But the story we're told is that all men can always get an erection. When he can't the man feels useless, and the women is convinced she isn't attractive enough to arouse him. Since its all taboo subject, he can't talk to his friends about it. He tells the woman the old lie "Its never happened to me before," He feels ashamed of himself and often runs away from someone with whome he could have had a really good relationship, if only he had allowed himself a second, third or fourth chance. If he had trusted more in love of his friends, if he had told the truth, he would have found out that he wasnt the only one. If he had trusted more in the love of a woman, he would ot have felt humiliated.'..

-The Zahir (Paulo Coelho)-