The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings Quotes

“Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.”
― Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings

“Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination prefers in lubricity, the extraordinary to the commonplace”
― D.A.F. Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings

“Oh! What an enigma is man!" exclaimed the Duke. "Yes, my friend," said Curval. "That is why a certain very intelligent gentleman once said it was better to fuck him than to understand him.”
― Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings

“Και πως γίνεται να είστε ευτυχισμένοι αφού μπορείτε να ικανοποιείστε κάθε στιγμή; Η ευτυχία δεν βρίσκεται στην απόλαυση, αλλά στην επιθυμία, στη συντριβή των φραγμών που υψώνονται μπρος στην επιθυμία. Τι γίνεται λοιπόν όταν έχεις ότι ποθείς;»”
― Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings