“ Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had r… Christopher Hitchens
“ One of the questions asked by al-Balkhi, and often repeated to this day, is this: Why do the children of Israel continue to suffer? My grandmother Dodo thought it was because the were jealous. The se… Christopher Hitchens
“ In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the criminal delight of decadent art. The watcher who records the crimes (both the artist and consumer of art) is constructe… Jennifer Birkett
“ Everyone in a decadent society, Lorrain urges, is guilty. Everyone loves masking murder and everyone takes masochistic pleasure in the risk of discovery and punishment. Jennifer Birkett
“ Freud wrote that love involves the undervaluation of reality and the overvaluation of the desired object. While the correct valuation of a person is an odd, if not impossible idea, we might say Freud… Hanif Kureishi
“ Why will the Structure allow every other kind of sexual behavior but that one? Because submission and dominance are resources it needs for its very survival. They cannot be wasted in private sex. In a… Thomas Pynchon
“ - So you're a masochist.- I know. But what's life rather than walking barefoot? Cristian Peter Marinescu-Ivan
“ I really believe," said Wanda thoughtfully,"that your madness is nothing but a demonic, unsatisfied sensuality. Our unnatural way of life must generate such illnesses. Were you less virtuous, you woul… Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
“ It is true that often she doesn't want advice; she wants a listening ear. At the same time, however, the wise wife will realize her husband's desire to help and advise is strong. She should refrain fr… Emerson Eggerichs
“ For the first time she had dimly realized that only the hopeless are starkly sincere and that only the unhappy can either give or take sympathy--even some of the bitter and dangerous voluptuousness of… Jean Rhys
“ In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs. Chuck Palahniuk
“ She saw the shallow lines beaded with blood in her long mirror, and when he told her that she was beautiful, she believed him. Astrid Knowles
“ What will happen if I say yes?”“What you want. What you’ve probably always wanted.”Her eyes misted with a surprising vulnerability. “Yes. Elizabeth SaFleur
“ Mental discipline, prayer and remoteness from the world and its disturbing visions reduce temptation to a minimum, but they can never entirely abolish it. In medieval traditions, abbeys and convents w… Patrick Leigh Fermor
“ There are men who have themselves whipped simply to increase their sexual pleasure. These, in contrast with true masochists, regard flagellation as a means to an end. Richard von Krafft-Ebing
“ I’m not a notch on a belt.”“You could never be a notch, London Chantelle. You’re the whole belt, sugar. Elizabeth SaFleur
“ And when he ran the blades over her she felt light as a feather, floating happily into that place where pain and pleasure walked hand in hand, fully clear and conscious and she looked out to the darkn… Astrid Knowles
