I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure.
Marquis de SadeNo kind of sensation is keener and more active than that of pain its impressions are unmistakable.
Marquis de SadeSexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.
Marquis de SadeIf it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
Marquis de SadeConsider the problem from the point of view of evil, evil being almost always pleasure's true and major charm; considered thus, the crime must appear greater when perpetrated upon a being of your identical sort than when inflicted upon one which is not, and this once established, the delight automatically doubles.
Marquis de Sade