One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
Marquis de SadeThe debility to which Nature condemned women incontestably proves that her design is for man, who then more than ever enjoys his strength, to exercise it in all the violent forms that suit him best, by means of tortures, if he be so inclined, or worse.
Marquis de SadeCrime is to the passions what nervous fluid is to life: it sustains them, it supplies their strength.
Marquis de Sade