“Shall I belong to one man whom I don't love, merely because I have once loved him? No, I do not renounce; I love everyone who pleases me, and give happiness to everyone who loves me.” — Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“We are faithful as long as we love, but you demand faithfulness of a woman without love, and the giving of herself without enjoyment.… — Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“Shall I belong to one man whom I don't love, merely because I have once loved him? No, I do not renounce; I love… — Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“I take a cruel joy in seeing you tremble and writhe beneath my whip, and in hearing your groans and wails; I want to… — Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“To you nature seems something hostile; you have made devils out of the smiling gods of Greece, and out of me a demon.” — Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“Yet I am not writing with ordinary ink, but with red blood that drips from my heart. All its wounds long scarred over have… — Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
