Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession … - Georges Bataille

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An unaspiring person believes according to what he achieves. An aspiring person achieves according to what he believes.

Georges Bataille

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality.

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Eroticism differs from animal sexuality in that human sexuality is limited by taboos and the domain of eroticism is that of the transgression of these taboos. Desire in eroticism is the desire that triumphs over the taboo. It presupposes man in conflict with himself.

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I don't want your love unless you know i am repulsive,and love me even as you know it.

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A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.

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I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness; could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure precisely to the extent it brought me to despair?

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The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.

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