Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordi…

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Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite. ✨ Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). The 120 days of Sodom and other writings, Grove Pr
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