Comte de Lautréamont

“After some hours, the dogs, exhausted by running round, almost dead, their tongues hanging out, set upon one another and, not knowing…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“He dreams he is happy; that his corporeal nature has changed; or at least that he has flown off upon a purple…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“Oh incomprehensible pederasts, I shall not heap insults upon your great degradation; I shall not be the one to pour scorn on…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“— What were you thinking about, child? — I was thinking of heaven. — It’s unnecessary for you to think of heaven:…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“I do not accept evil. Man is perfect. The soul does not fall. Progress exists. . . . Up till now, misfortune…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“…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

“I find myself nursing keen regret at probably not being able to live long enough to explain properly to you what I…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“One should let one’s fingernails grow for a fortnight. Oh! how sweet to snatch brutally from his bed a boy who has…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“Oh if only instead of being a hell, the universe had been an immense anus!”

— Comte de Lautréamont

“I shall set down in a few lines how uptight Maldoror was during his early years, when he lived happy. There: done.…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“Old ocean, the different species of fish that you nurture have not sworn brotherhood among themselves. Each species lives apart, on its…

— Comte de Lautréamont

I will leave no memoirs.

— Comte de Lautreamont

“One should let one's nails grow for a fortnight. O, how sweet it is to drag brutally from his bed a child…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“I am son of man and woman, so they tell me. That astounds me . . . I thought myself more!”

— Comte de Lautréamont

“I sought a soul that might resemble mine, and I could not find it. I scanned all the crannies of the earth:…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“It is not right that everyone should read the pages which follow; only a few will be able to savour this bitter…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“Before being taken to the Morgue, the body is left for a while on the embankment so they can try reviving it.…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“Throughout my life I have seen, without one exception, narrow-shouldered men performing innumerable idiotic acts, brustalising their fellows, and corrupted souls by…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“To construct mechanically the brain of a somniferous tale, it is not enough to dissect nonsense & mightily stupefy the reader's intelligence…

— Comte de Lautréamont

“I am filthy. I am riddled with lice. Hogs, when they look at me, vomit. My skin is encrusted with the scabs…

— Comte de Lautréamont