Masochistic Quotes

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

camille paglia

— Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990, pg. 267)

If you're masochistic enough to program in Ada , we're not going to stop you.

— Matt Welsh; Cited in: Daniel A. Tauber (1995) The complete Linux kit. p. 132

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

laurence olivier

— 1978 Quoted in Time, 3 Jul.

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