“It cannot be evil to strip away superstitions, prejudices and inhibitions when they stand in the way of harmless physical pleasures, but Sade compulsively develops his narrative to culminate in evil-doing that cannot fail to alienate his readers.” EvilInhibitionsDe Sade Book:De Sade: A Critical Biography Source: De Sade: A Critical Biography
“Between a man and his mother-in-law, as between a woman and her father-in-law, unacknowledged sexual desire can easily open a wound which will go on festering with jealousy, resentment and hatred, but no woman has ever waged war against her son-in-law more relentlessly than she {Madame de Montreuil] did.” RevengeJealousyMother In LawDe SadeMadame De Montreuil Book:De Sade: A Critical Biography Source: De Sade: A Critical Biography
“Sade never got into the habit of concerning himself with what other people were thinking and feeling. As with Genet, the soil in which perversion grew was habitual solitude and constant frustration of the need to feel loved.” FeelingsSolitudeDe SadeGenet Book:De Sade: A Critical Biography Source: De Sade: A Critical Biography
“But Sade behaved exactly as if he could not tolerate the possibility that his troubles might be over. He launched immediately into a new bout of provocative debauchery.” DebaucheryDe Sade Book:De Sade: A Critical Biography Source: De Sade: A Critical Biography