“I sought a soul that might resemble mine, and I could not find it. I scanned all the crannies of the earth: my perseverance was useless. Yet I could not remain alone. There had to be someone who would approve… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“After some hours, the dogs, exhausted by running round, almost dead, their tongues hanging out, set upon one another and, not knowing what they are doing, tear one another into thousands of pieces with incredible rapidity. Yet they do not do this out of cruelty. One day, a glazed look in her eyes, my mother said to me: ‘When you… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share
“He dreams he is happy; that his corporeal nature has changed; or at least that he has flown off upon a purple cloud of… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“Oh incomprehensible pederasts, I shall not heap insults upon your great degradation; I shall not be the one to pour scorn on your infundibuliform… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“— What were you thinking about, child? — I was thinking of heaven. — It’s unnecessary for you to think of heaven: there’s already enough to consider about earth. Are you tired of living, you who have barely been born? — No, but everyone prefers heaven to earth. — Well, not I. For since heaven, as well as earth, has… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share
“I do not accept evil. Man is perfect. The soul does not fall. Progress exists. . . . Up till now, misfortune has been… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“…the association of two, or more, apparently alien elements on a plane alien to both is the most potent ignition of poetry.” — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“I find myself nursing keen regret at probably not being able to live long enough to explain properly to you what I do not… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“One should let one’s fingernails grow for a fortnight. Oh! how sweet to snatch brutally from his bed a boy who has as yet… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“Oh if only instead of being a hell, the universe had been an immense anus!” — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“I shall set down in a few lines how uptight Maldoror was during his early years, when he lived happy. There: done. He later… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
“Old ocean, the different species of fish that you nurture have not sworn brotherhood among themselves. Each species lives apart, on its own. The… — Comte de Lautréamont Copy Share Image
