“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”
― A Treatise of Human Nature
― A Treatise of Human Nature
“The prostitute is the sum of all types of feminine slavery at once.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
― On Suicide
― On Suicide
“Whoever he is who opposite you
sits and listens close
to your sweet speaking
and lovely laughing – oh it
puts the heart in my chest on wings
for when I look at you, even a moment, no speaking
is left in me
no: tongue breaks and thin
fire is racing under skin
and in eyes no sight and drumming
fills ears
and cold sweat holds me and shaking
grips me all, greener than grass”
―
sits and listens close
to your sweet speaking
and lovely laughing – oh it
puts the heart in my chest on wings
for when I look at you, even a moment, no speaking
is left in me
no: tongue breaks and thin
fire is racing under skin
and in eyes no sight and drumming
fills ears
and cold sweat holds me and shaking
grips me all, greener than grass”
―
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