Marquis de Sade — "I write for myself, and for those who resemble me."

"The only way to arrive at the truth is through the most profound errors."

"My principles are not those of the world, but they are those of nature."

"Don't have children: they deform women's bodies and turn into an enemy 20 years later."

"Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power."

"You young maidens, too long constrained by a fanciful Virtue's absurd and dangerous bonds and by those of a disgusting religion, imitate the fiery Eugénie; be as quick as she to destroy, to spurn all …"