The Hindus grasped this truth long ago, that desire is the source of all creation, a concept that underscores the link between sexual love and godliness. What is a god, but one who creates? This is borne out in all representations of Kama, the young god of love and sexual desire, shooting his flower arrows from a bow of sugarcane strung with a row of bees; kama as sexual motif expressing the dynamic aspect of life in the art and architecture of India; kama in the amorously entwined couples in temple sculpture and other sacred places.
— Gail Godwin, Heart