Dreams Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“But when we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves, and allowing that power to…

— Audre Lorde

“Tenderness rounds out true triumph, gentleness lubricates genuine liberation: emotions that are not diagnostic of glory or passion in dreams.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Each of us is allowed to revel in our own desires, no matter how dark or depraved they may seem; for we are the…

— K. Kiker

One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.

— Marquis de Sade

“Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasm or a hideous dream. The genius…

— William Shakespeare

“The articulation of the other's body in words turns it into a map of possible pleasure, effectively distancing that body by transforming it into…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Each action we take is an act of self-expression. We often think of large-scale or important deeds as being indications of our real selves,…

— H.E. Davey

The individual is denuded of everything but appetites, desires, and tastes, wrenched from any context of human obligation or commitment. It is a process…

— Jeremy Seabrook

“And when the soul has yielded to pleasure, its functions and actions grow weak, and any undertaking comes from a nerveless and unsteady source.”

— Seneca

“Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and…

— Marcel Proust

Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death.

— William Shakespeare

“Having proven that solitary pleasures are as delicious as any others and much more likely to delight, it becomes perfectly clear that this enjoyment,…

— Anonymous