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Georges Bataille quotes: The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.

The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.

Georges Bataille quotes: Philosophy ... finds itself to be no longer anything but the heir to a fabulous mystical theology, but missing a God and wiping the slate clean.

Philosophy ... finds itself to be no longer anything but the heir to a fabulous mystical theology, but missing a God and wiping the slate clean.

Georges Bataille quotes: We did not lack modesty - on the contrary - but something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible.

We did not lack modesty - on the contrary - but something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible.

Georges Bataille quotes: I have in my mind an obscenity so great that I could vomit the most dreadful words and it wouldn't be enough!

I have in my mind an obscenity so great that I could vomit the most dreadful words and it wouldn't be enough!

Georges Bataille quotes: Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it.

Georges Bataille quotes: Eroticism cannot be entirely revealed without poetry.

Eroticism cannot be entirely revealed without poetry.

Georges Bataille quotes: Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion.

Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion.

Georges Bataille quotes: The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.

The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space.

Georges Bataille quotes: In effect, vice turns common sense upside-down, and he who admits himself to be vicious abides by stigmatizing terms of horror.

In effect, vice turns common sense upside-down, and he who admits himself to be vicious abides by stigmatizing terms of horror.

Georges Bataille quotes: Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

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

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

Georges Bataille quotes: the word silence is still a sound, to speak is in itself to imagine knowing; and to no longer know, it would be necessary to no longer speak

the word silence is still a sound, to speak is in itself to imagine knowing; and to no longer know, it would be necessary to no longer speak

Georges Bataille quotes: I remain in intolerable non-knowledge, which has no other way out than ecstasy itself.

I remain in intolerable non-knowledge, which has no other way out than ecstasy itself.

Georges Bataille quotes: Sovereignty, loyalty, and solitude.

Sovereignty, loyalty, and solitude.

Georges Bataille quotes: It is clear that the world is purely parodic, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form.

It is clear that the world is purely parodic, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form.

Georges Bataille quotes: A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.

A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.

Georges Bataille quotes: Incredible nervous state, trepidation beyond words: to be this much in love is to be sick (and I love to be sick).

Incredible nervous state, trepidation beyond words: to be this much in love is to be sick (and I love to be sick).

Georges Bataille quotes: [Zarathustra] never abandoned the watchword of not having any end, not serving a cause, because, as he knew, causes pluck off the wings we fly with.

[Zarathustra] never abandoned the watchword of not having any end, not serving a cause, because, as he knew, causes pluck off the wings we fly with.

Georges Bataille quotes: If I give up the viewpoint of action, my perfect nakedness is revealed to me.

If I give up the viewpoint of action, my perfect nakedness is revealed to me.

Georges Bataille quotes: Entirety exists within me as exuberance ... in empty longing ... in ... the desire to burn with desire.

Entirety exists within me as exuberance ... in empty longing ... in ... the desire to burn with desire.

Georges Bataille quotes: The circumstances of my life are paralyzing.

The circumstances of my life are paralyzing.

Georges Bataille quotes: The emotional element which gives an obsessive value to communal existence is death.

The emotional element which gives an obsessive value to communal existence is death.

Georges Bataille quotes: Indeed, the direction of the future is only there in order to elude us.

Indeed, the direction of the future is only there in order to elude us.

Georges Bataille quotes: How cruel my suffering is, - no one is more talkative than I am!

How cruel my suffering is, - no one is more talkative than I am!

Georges Bataille quotes: Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood.

Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood.

Georges Bataille quotes: It has always been possible to say "The moral emptiness of today's world is appalling."

It has always been possible to say "The moral emptiness of today's world is appalling."

Georges Bataille quotes: Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love.

Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love.

Georges Bataille quotes: As for the sphere of thought, it is horror. Yes, it is horror itself.

As for the sphere of thought, it is horror. Yes, it is horror itself.

Georges Bataille quotes: If literature stays away from evil, it rapidly becomes boring.

If literature stays away from evil, it rapidly becomes boring.

Georges Bataille quotes: We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we are not everything and that we will die.

We have in fact only two certainties in this world - that we are not everything and that we will die.

Georges Bataille quotes: Eroticism, it may be said, is assenting to life up to the point of death

Eroticism, it may be said, is assenting to life up to the point of death

Georges Bataille quotes: To choose evil is to choose freedom, emancipation from all restraint.

To choose evil is to choose freedom, emancipation from all restraint.

Georges Bataille quotes: Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.

Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.

Georges Bataille quotes: Eroticism is the approval of life unto death.

Eroticism is the approval of life unto death.

Georges Bataille quotes: Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

Georges Bataille quotes: We reach ecstasy by a contestation of knowledge. Were I to stop at ecstasy and grasp it, in the end I would define it.

We reach ecstasy by a contestation of knowledge. Were I to stop at ecstasy and grasp it, in the end I would define it.

Georges Bataille quotes: The fact that the site of narrative is an ideal topos disqualifies neither pornography nor science fiction from being literature. Such

The fact that the site of narrative is an ideal topos disqualifies neither pornography nor science fiction from being literature. Such

Georges Bataille quotes: The owl flies, in the moonlight, over a field where the wounded cry out. Like the owl, I fly in the night over my own misfortune.

The owl flies, in the moonlight, over a field where the wounded cry out.
Like the owl, I fly in the night over my own misfortune.

Georges Bataille quotes: An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being.

An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being.

Georges Bataille quotes: What seems to be unspeakable weakness can sometimes be just distaste for the generally accepted morality.

What seems to be unspeakable weakness can sometimes be just distaste for the generally accepted morality.

Georges Bataille quotes: The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.

The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.

Georges Bataille quotes: Man always becomes other. Man is the animal who continually differs from himself.

Man always becomes other. Man is the animal who continually differs from himself.

Georges Bataille quotes: Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others' ends.

Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others' ends.

Georges Bataille quotes: Naturally, love's the most distant possibility.

Naturally, love's the most distant possibility.

Georges Bataille quotes: I began to willfully indulge in dreams that, with the help of a bottle of wine, became completely mad and were close to being loathsome.

I began to willfully indulge in dreams that, with the help of a bottle of wine, became completely mad and were close to being loathsome.

Georges Bataille quotes: The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

Georges Bataille quotes: Life is whole only when it isn't subordinate to a specific object that exceeds it. In this way, the essence of entirety is freedom.

Life is whole only when it isn't subordinate to a specific object that exceeds it. In this way, the essence of entirety is freedom.

Georges Bataille quotes: In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation.

In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation.

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

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

Georges Bataille quotes: The total person is first disclosed ... in areas of life that are lived frivolously.

The total person is first disclosed ... in areas of life that are lived frivolously.

Georges Bataille quotes: Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.

Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.

Georges Bataille quotes: If I want to realize totality in my consciousness, I have to relate myself to an immense, ludicrous, and painful convulsion of all of humanity.

If I want to realize totality in my consciousness, I have to relate myself to an immense, ludicrous, and painful convulsion of all of humanity.

Georges Bataille quotes: I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.

Georges Bataille quotes: Extreme seductiveness is at the boundary of horror

Extreme seductiveness is at the boundary of horror

Georges Bataille quotes: You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp.

You perhaps now know that desire reduces us to pulp.

Georges Bataille quotes: I want to have my throat slashed while violating the girl to whom I will have been able to say: you are the night.

I want to have my throat slashed while violating the girl to whom I will have been able to say: you are the night.

Georges Bataille quotes: Thought does not ennoble us and neither does it differentiate humans from other animals.

Thought does not ennoble us and neither does it differentiate humans from other animals.

Georges Bataille quotes: I teach the art of turning anguish into delight.

I teach the art of turning anguish into delight.

Georges Bataille quotes: ... I felt as if I were living only in order to be more aware that I was dead.

... I felt as if I were living only in order to be more aware that I was dead.