Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochWoman, as Nature has created her and as she is currently reared by man, is his enemy and can only be his slave or his despot, but never his companion. She will be able to become his companion only when she has the same rights as he, when she is his equal in education and work.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochI love her passionately with a morbid intensity; madly as one can only love a woman who never responds to our love with anything but an eternally uniform, eternally calm, stony smile.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochA real apple is more beautiful than a painted one, and a live woman is more beautiful than a Venus of stone.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch