The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.

Eroticism cannot be entirely revealed without poetry.

The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.

Incredible nervous state, trepidation beyond words: to be this much in love is to be sick (and I love to be sick).

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality.

The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.

Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.