The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do.
The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.
There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
Suffering is a kind of ecstasy in a way. Having pain all the time makes me terribly, terribly grateful for every moment I've got.
From a Darwinian perspective, it is clear what pain is doing. It's a warning: 'Don't do that again.' If you burn yourself, you're never going to pick up a live coal again.
It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.