To define is to limit.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.