Woman, 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-MasochVenus in Furs has caught his soul in the red snares of hair. He will paint her, and go mad.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochYou cannot deny that love lasts for only a brief moment, uniting two beings as a single being that is capable of only one thought, one sensation, one will.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochOh, you are the kind of man who will corrupt a woman to her very last fiber.
Leopold von Sacher-MasochSo,โ Wanda cried, โa woman in furs is nothing more than a large cat, a charged electric battery?
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch