“You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood...”
― Venus in Furs
― Venus in Furs
“People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.”
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
― Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
“A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room.”
― Red Dragon
― Red Dragon
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