“For there to be passion, the union must be brutal, one of the bodies must be very eager for what it is deprived of and which the other possesses in very large quantities.” (Boris Vian)

« He delicately took a rose and tried to break the stem. He made a wrong move and one of the petals tore his hand several centimeters long. His hand bled, in slow pulses, large mouthfuls of dark blood that he swallowed mechanically. » (Boris Vian)