QOTD (2009-10-29) 29 October 2009

From a Times Higher Ed article headlined “Doctorate doom? Don’t forget the PhD’s moments of ‘orgasmic’ pleasure:

Despite [a perceived negative attitude towards pleasure], she writes, rare moments of intense “orgasmic” pleasure in intellectual achievement are possible, for example when the PhD student realises that becoming a fully fledged academic is an achievable goal.