Wednesday, February 9, 2011

in furs (i was revolted, mortified, annihilated, but all this was quite useless)

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"
 
place thy foot                upon thy slave,
o h  thou, half of hell,  half of dreams ;
among the shadows, d a r k and grave,
thy ext e nded body softly g  l    e a m s
†  †  †


you know what i am, she replied coldly. 
i am a woman of stone,     Venus in Furs


"
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Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs

2 comments:

Jennayy said...

That book was amazing! Chilling, too, I suppose.

finn said...

agreed. it was the most terrifying and empowering read i've had in years.