Adde du Coulmier quotes from Quills (2000)

It's not even a proper novel. It's nothing but an encyclopedia of perversions. Frankly, it even fails as an exercise in craft. The characters are wooden, the dialogue is inane. Not to mention the repetition of words like "nipple" and "pikestaff".

Marquis de Sade

There I was taxed; it's true.

And such puny scope. Nothing but the worse in man's nature.

Marquis de Sade

I write of the great, eternal truths that bind together all mankind. The whole world over, we eat, we shit, we ****, we kill and we die.

But we also fall in love, we build cities, we compose symphonies, and we endure. Why not put that in your books as well.

It's a sin against God for me to refuse your kindness. But my heart's held fast here-

By whom? The Marquis?

Mother's not half so blind as you.

Dr. Royer-Collard

Will you sleep sound tonight?

No. Put frankly, I never expect to sleep again.