The fact is that she was terribly undressed and I was extremely undressed too. The fact is that I still had my hand where she didn't have anything and she had hers where the same wasn't quite true of me. The fact is that I found myself underneath her and consequently she found herself on top of me.
Denis DiderotThose authors into whose hands nature has placed a magic wand, with which they no sooner touch us than we forget the unhappiness in life, than the darkness leaves our soul, and we are reconciled to existence, should be placed among the benefactors of the human race.
Denis DiderotIt is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
Denis DiderotThere is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
Denis Diderot