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The Sacred Demands The Violation Of What Is Normally The Object Of Terrified Respect.

The Emotional Element Which Gives An Obsessive Value To Communal Existence Is Death.

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.

Intellectual Despair Results In Neither Weakness Nor Dreams, But In Violence. It Is Only A Matter Of Knowing How To Give Vent To One's Rage; Whether One Only Wants To Wander Like Madmen Around Prisons, Or Whether One Wants To Overturn Them.

To Others, The Universe Seems Decent Because Decent People Have Welded Eyes. That Is Why They Fear Lewdness. They Are Never Frightened By The Crowing Of A Rooster Or When Strolling Under A Starry Heaven. In General, People Savor The "pleasures Of The Flesh" Only On The Condition That They May Be Insipid.