"My tastes are not general, I admit; but they are not criminal."

"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 …"

"When she's abandoned her moral center and teachings...when she's cast aside her facade of propriety and lady-like demeanor...when I have so corrupted this fragile thing and brought out a writhing, mew…"

"My friend, you must understand that I am a man of letters, and that is why I write."

"All that is not useful is pernicious."