Decadent Quotes

The larvae! The scent of young blood entices and draws them closer. There's no need to venture into antiquity to evoke the shades of the dead. — Jean Lorrain

Of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant. — Yukio Mishima

There's no such thing, of course, as an old-fashioned gay guy. They're the most decadent people. — Norm MacDonald

I tend to like order in almost every other aspect of my life, but for me, the process of writing is really chaotic and decadent and indulgent. — Dan Chaon

How? Give me permission, tell me it's okay to strip you naked, kiss you wherever the need takes me, and f**k you until you can't see straight. — Dominique Eastwick

Stay where I can taste you. Take the pleasure I give you. — Shayla Black

One side charges, 'You are decadent.' The other side retorts, 'We are free.' These are not opposing contentions; they're nonsequiturs. — Tamim Ansary

For a decadent like Baudelaire the only possible ends are suicide or the foot of the cross — Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly

There's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. I got my partying out of my system in college. — Anne Hathaway

In passing the mansion looks decadent but when taking the time to truly look at some of the nooks and crannies, it's amazing how neglected it was. — Holly Madison

I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful. — Madonna Ciccone

There's something fabulously decadent about staying in a hotel across the street from where you live. — Marley Shelton

Billionaires' Indulgence is decadent, debauched and sinfully delicious. — Scarlett Avery

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy. — Layne Staley

To be kissed on the lips by your husband is the most decadent thing. — Gillian Flynn

... Being the worst confirmation of the worst kind of generation gap stereotype and parental disgust for their decadent, wastoid kids — David Foster Wallace

The decadent artist markets other people's pain — Jennifer Birkett

Can you tie your cherry stem into a knot, boys? — Kali Willows

When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent. — Jacques Barzun

Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction. — Stephen Kinzer

This simple dessert reminds me a little of our relationship, sweet and decadent and oh so bad for you. — Alexis Alvarez

This man was like a decadent triple-chocolate truffle cake with chocolate shavings sprinkled on top. — Katie Reus

Decadent self-expression has no place in rock and roll. — Dave Marsh

She had a vague idea that "decadent" had something to do with not opening the curtains all day. — Terry Pratchett

If you're a nice person and you work hard, you get to go shopping at Barneys. It's the decadent reward. — Sarah Jessica Parker

A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect. — Emile M. Cioran

There is nothing quite so beautiful as the written word -worn as a jewel, adorning the segmented lines of papyrus". — Gerald Mills

Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled. — Gore Vidal

The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer — Alfred De Musset

He tasted like popcorn, cherry gummy bears, and every decadent, forbidden thing. He tasted like bad choices. — A Meredith Walters

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions. — H. Rap Brown

I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person. — Marianne Faithfull

Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them. — Emile Durkheim

Although he had always been a gentleman till then, he had 'caught his century', a disease impossible to analyze but by this simple phrase. — Rachilde

Any talented decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters. — Kenneth Rexroth

Where will Decadent Romance and Intrigue, Lead you? — Eileen Green

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical! — Erin O'Connor

The bigger the headquarters the more decadent the company. — James Goldsmith

Opium was decadent. Opium was for grandfathers. — Cynthia Palmer

My, you do like to dominate — JoAnne Kenrick

The cake was sinfully decadent, dripping with chocolate, exactly the way a birthday cake should be. — Rysa Walker

Finished products are for decadent minds. — Isaac Asimov

I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite. — Ellen Willis

I think God hands over to His apprentices the moulding of vessels that don't interest Him.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") — Bernard Capes

By living a life "against nature," the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in decadent fiction. — Asti Hustvedt

Be it ever so decadent, there's no place like home. — Tom Lehrer

You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest. — Hume Nisbet

She had died and joined the Marine Corps. Or was God an aging general? Either way, she knew it couldn't be heaven 'cause there was no chocolate. — Clare Dargin

Societies who do not care for their young people and old people are decadent, decaying societies. — Suzan Shown Harjo

Europe is like the Roman Empire - indulged, decadent, flooded with immigrants and unprepared to fight for its culture. — Filip Dewinter

To me, the word 'decadent' is so difficult to use; it's a very sensitive word, in a way. — Christian Louboutin

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

If me and my friends are feeling decadent, we go for afternoon tea. — Sophie McShera

I grew up in an apartment that would have made a trailer look really decadent and nice. Pretty much the only dependable thing I had was books. — Seanan McGuire

I like this word decadent; all shimmering and purple and gold. — Paul Verlaine

Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow

JUST LIKE CANDY is a delicious, decadent treat. — Cheyenne McCray

Bully the jade, and she will love you.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") — Bernard Capes

We men of this age are rotten with book-lore and with a yearning for the past. — James Elroy Flecker

Drop by Bell's for an Irish Kiss anytime. The best in England — JoAnne Kenrick