Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.

'Why don't you ever use your strength on me?' she said. 'Because love means renouncing strength,' said Franz softly.-

Dreaming is not merely an act of communication; it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination, a game that is a value in itself.

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.

Elin wondered, sitting in the sweat bath, what that had to do with passion or desire, and decided - nothing. It was justification. They had murdered the men an…

Love gratified, is love satisfied - and love satisfied, is indifference begun.