“ Like symbolism, decadence puts forth the idea that the function of literature is to evoke impressions and 'correspondences', rather than to realistically depict the world. ... the decadent aestheticiz… Asti Hustvedt
“ Peace is an innocent child hated by some deviant and those who hate him will find no peace ever in their lives! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ By living a life “against nature,” the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in decadent fiction. Asti Hustvedt
“ Stop saying hurt.’ She turned on him; the wounded animal finally breaking free. ‘You fall over on the pavement, that hurts; you stub your toe, that hurts; you trap your finger in a car door, shit, tha… Tan Redding
“ Power,' as the sociologist Nachman Ben-Yehuda writes, 'enters the picture in two ways': the first entails constructing and legitimizing the moral system itself; the second, in enforcing it. In this vi… Shuli Barzilai
