Jacqueline de Montrachet: You’ve accused me previously of being loveless.
Henri de Montrachet: I didn’t mean it as a challenge!

Do not turn compassion into torture.

Jean de Merteuil

I am sick with love. I wanted to possess you, to fling you down upon a bed, to hold you in my arms, to walk with you beside a river, lay flowers on your pillow for when you wake.

Valmont

Chevalier Saint-Jacques: Why did I believe Valmont could save me?
Camille: Because he needs us to believe it fills the great dark abyss we mistake for his heart.

Jean de Merteuil: Do you know the thing about power, Marquise? It corrupts all of those who have it. Can you imagine what that does to the soul?
Camille: It makes you capable of anything.

Mere mortals do not go to the sun.

Valmont

Dangerous Liaisons Season 1 Episode 7 Quotes

Do not turn compassion into torture.

Jean de Merteuil

Jacqueline de Montrachet: You’ve accused me previously of being loveless.
Henri de Montrachet: I didn’t mean it as a challenge!