Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series)

The Charnel Pit (1990)

Neil Munro: Marquis de Sade

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Quotes 

• Micki Foster : I've never known anyone so unrepentant. You fascinate me.

  Marquis de Sade : I've heard that from many women.

  Micki Foster : [laughing]  You've been told that by peasant girls who fear you, never by your equals.

  Marquis de Sade : [after a pause, slowly]  I can devise tests which will break you, Duchess.

  Micki Foster : Let's see.

• Marquis de Sade : If a man's taste in food is considered unusual, it's amusing. But when it's his taste in pleasure, some feel they can be his judges.

• Marquis de Sade : Are you in the habit of exploring a gentleman's chambers?

  Micki Foster : That depends upon the gentleman.

• Marquis de Sade : Welcome, Mademoiselle! Now don't be afraid. There are no dangers here - except those you wish to embrace.

• General Lafayette : Your excesses will lead you to the guillotine, and bring it down on every perfumed neck in France.

  Marquis de Sade : [laughing]  And wouldn't that be something, hm?

• Marquis de Sade : Life, like the charnel pit, offers no escape but death.

• Marquis de Sade : If you can't escape your flesh before death, then death becomes your only escape. And you're fit for nothing but the charnel pit.

• Marquis de Sade : Don't confuse the pain with malice. One gives his lover pain, one is seeking to make an impression.