Pleasure alone makes existence worthwhile. A pleasure-seeker has a difficult time parting from life.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochEvery woman has the instinct, the propensity to profit from her charms, and there's a lot to be said for giving oneself without love, without pleasure.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochI imagine that the goddess of Love has come down from Olympus to visit a mortal. So as not to die of cold in this modern world of ours, she wraps her sublime body in great heavy furs and warms her feet on the prostrate body of her lover. I imagine the favorite of this beautiful despot, who is whipped when his mistress grows tired of kissing him, and whose love only grows more intense the more he is trampled underfoot. I shall call the picture "Venus in Furs
Leopold von Sacher-MasochEvery man--I know this--turns weak, pliant, ridiculous as soon as he's in love.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch