“You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood...””
Quotes by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
“Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason...””
“Alas, woman is faithful as long as she loves, but you demand that she be faithful without love and give herself without enjoyment. Who is cruel then, woman or man?””
“A slap in the face is more effective than ten lectures. It makes you understand very quickly.””
“I love her passionately with a morbid intensity; madly as one can only love a woman who never responds to our love with anything but an eternally uniform, eternally calm, stony smile.””
“You have a curious way of arousing one's imagination, stimulating all one's nerves, and making one's pulses beat faster. You put an aureole on vice, provided only if it is honest. Your ideal is a daring courtesan of genius. Oh, you are the kind of man who will corrupt a woman to her very last fiber.””
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch was an Austrian writer best known for his exploration of eroticism and the complexities of human relationships. Born into a noble family in 1836, he became a prominent figure...