The fact is that what de Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing that revolted that mind . . . From the very first he set before the consciousness things which it could not tolerate.
Georges Bataille
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Though the immediate impression of rebellion may obscure the fact the task of authentic literature is nevertheless only conceivable in terms of a desire for fundamental communication with the reader.
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Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion.
- Georges Bataille