Marquis de Sade — "There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image."

"There are,' said Curval, 'but two or three crimes to perform in this world, and they, once done, there's no more to be said; all the rest is inferior, you cease any longer to feel."

"The greatest pleasure is to defy God."

"If the objects who serve us feel ecstacy, they are much more often concerned with themselves than with us, and our own enjoyment is consequently impaired. The idea of seeing another person experience …"

"The greatest happiness is to be found in the contemplation of one's own wickedness."

"The most sublime act is to make another suffer."