“He wasn't fond of girls, especially curious ones; in his experience, they uually were demons in disguise.” — Cameron Jace Copy Share Image
Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures. — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Kids piercing themselves, piercing their tongues, what kind of masochism is that? Is it to show you can just take it? — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Fifty Shades of Grey doesn't hold a candle to the masochism fix I get from coming to work every Monday. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ana was a perpetual victim in a never-ending search for a victimizer.” — Travis Luedke Copy Share Image
“There is, in fact, no safeword for chemical burns under one’s fingernails.” — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
“I’m not a notch on a belt.” “You could never be a notch, London Chantelle. You’re the whole belt, sugar.” — Elizabeth SaFleur Copy Share Image
“I was thinking the other day that hypochondria's a stepbrother to masochism,' said Hugo.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism,… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
The quality which makes man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure and masochism. Like one of… — James Jones Copy Share Image
Lesbians, homosexuals, masochism, sadism are not perversions. Actually, there are only two perversions: hockey on grass and ballet on ice. — Faina Ranevskaya Copy Share Image
“ Hitler reacted primarily in a sadistic fashion toward people, but masochistically toward fate, history, the “higher power” of nature.” — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
This might sound masochistic or narcissistic‚ I don't know‚ but when I'm not playing the game‚ the validations I feel about life… — Abby Wambach Copy Share Image
It amazes me to witness the masochism with which some journalists characterize their industry as a dying species. The future belongs to… — Mathias Dopfner Copy Share Image
“do not fall in love with your suffering, never presume that your suffering is in itself a proof of your authenticity. Renunciation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Running through an unfamiliar forest filled with thorns is half an exercise in masochism, and half an obstacle course from the deepest… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“The original restrictive meaning of sexual aberration which derives satisfaction from a passive relation to the partner has been retained. Masochism, however,… — Theodor Reik Copy Share Image
“As his inner masochist came to bloom against the door of Cooper’s trailer, Chenco felt like he’d pulled his chest cavity wide… — Heidi Cullinan Copy Share Image
“Who am I to deny my Master pleasure, simply because it is not at the hands of myself? He is free to… — Astrid Knowles Copy Share Image
“Your ability to withstand pain is your claim to fame. It is ascetic, holy. It is self-control. It is masochism, and masochism… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“I locked the door and turned on the water to fill the tub. I made it so hot that I had to… — Susan Crandall Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan seems to me a totally pernicious influence - the nasal whine of death and masochism. Certainly, this would be a… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
As I see it, our revolutionary task is to destroy phallic identity in men and masochistic non-identity in women--that is, to destroy… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“And when he ran the blades over her she felt light as a feather, floating happily into that place where pain and… — Astrid Knowles Copy Share Image
“Now is as good a time as ever to revisit the history of the Crusades, or the sorry history of partition in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I fantasize of ripping apart the flesh of my chest up to my organs so that I can get a good grip… — Aokigahara29 Copy Share Image
“and only much later, when Mascha wanted a child, did I realize that love is a deadly poison, a vice, a vice… — Blaise Cendrars Copy Share Image
“Masochism is more widespread than we realize because it takes an attenuated form. The basic dynamism is as follows: a human being… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the criminal delight of decadent art. The watcher who records the… — Jennifer Birkett Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share. — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
I ache for the touch of your lips dear, but much more for the touch of your whips dear. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
When blended with sexuality, the death instinct is transformed into more harmless impulses expressed in sadism or masochism. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“She saw the shallow lines beaded with blood in her long mirror, and when he told her that she was beautiful, she… — Astrid Knowles Copy Share Image
It is interesting to note that in every phase of life feminine masochism finds some form of expression. — Helene Deutsch Copy Share Image
In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
