Anne Desclos Quotes

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• Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing. Almost Nothing
• Who I am finally, if not the long silent part of someone, the secret and nocturnal part which has never betrayed itself in public by… Any
• I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, it was necessary to find other weapons. Find
• I think that submissiveness can [be] and is a formidable weapon, which women will use as long as it isn't taken from them. Formidable
• Is O used by René and Sir Stephen, or does she in fact use them, and...all those irons and chains and obligatory debauchery, to fulfill… All
• Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, either for men or for women, but until Story of O no woman… Ascetic
• I think I have a repressed bent for the military, I like discipline without question, specific schedules and duties. Bent
• By my makeup and temperament I wasn't really prey to physical desires. Everything happened in my head. Desire
• Story of O is a fairy tale for another world, a world where some part of me lived for a long time, a world that… Another World
• I wrote it alone, for him, to interest him, to please him, to occupy him. I wasn't young, nor particularly pretty. I needed something which… Alone
• I found that stiffly saluting member, of which he was so proud, rather frightening, and to tell the truth I found his pride slightly comical.… Comical
• To love is to live on the precipice. Inspirational
• Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death… Afraid
• The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him:… Belonged
• As a matter of fact," the other voice went on, "if you do tie her up from time to time, or whip her just a… Begins
• O was infinitely more moving when her body was covered with marks, of whatever kind, if only because these marks made it impossible for her… Anything Went
• O felt that her mouth was beautiful, since her lover condescended to thrust himself into it . . . Beautiful
• Lovers and mystics are familiar with this sense of grandeur, this taste of joy - in abandoning oneself to the will of others. Abandoning
• A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance. Cherished

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