The Dedalus Book of German Decadence Quotes

“But my glances are still gentle, quieter than the tread of nuns at the holy sepulchre. And still more gentle is the breath of my lips. Like the spirit’s kiss on the Host in the minster, the kiss that transforms the bread into the body of our Lord. It should not wake, this beautiful sin, it should rest and have peace.”
― Hanns Heinz Ewers, The Dedalus Book of German Decadence: Voices of the Abyss