We did not lack modestyโon the contraryโbut something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible.
Georges BatailleEroticism differs from animal sexuality in that human sexuality is limited by taboos and the domain of eroticism is that of the transgression of these taboos. Desire in eroticism is the desire that triumphs over the taboo. It presupposes man in conflict with himself.
Georges BatailleSanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established.
Georges BatailleIncredible nervous state, trepidation beyond words: to be this much in love is to be sick (and I love to be sick).
Georges Bataille