The Master Masochist Quotes

“   There is a type of woman who, ever since my boyhood, has invariably attracted me.
   She is the woman with the eyes of a sphinx, whom desire makes cruel and cruelty makes desirous.”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress

“When parents, in the belief that they are doing the right thing, trample underfoot some ideal that lies latent in the heart of their child they cause, more often than not, to germinate in its place disillusionment, hatred, vice; it is fortunate indeed if the existence thus turned awry does not degrade into a life of crime, instead of one of calm content and universal respect.”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress

“The Baron had become her slave: whatever she demanded of him he carried out with pleasure. When her humour so decreed, he would lie at her feet like a slave..., like a dog!”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress

“Whoever was in her presence trembled before her, and the more she made herself feared, the more it delighted her, the more it seemed to make her feel happy.”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress

“To see men suffer had become for the former equestrienne a source of sensual delight.”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, The Master Masochist: Tales of a Sadistic Mistress