“And to Echo’s ass, to the wrench poking out of her pocket, Tina Something says, “Your girlfriend likes you so much she fucks for money.” Tina crosses her arms over her chest, leans back, and yells, “Your little girlfriend is a gaddamn whore.” [...] Echo steps back, stands, and turns to look at Tina. And Rant says, “Is that true?” [...] Echo twists her head to both sides until her neck pops, and she says, “Is what true?” Rant says, “What she said.” He says, “Are you really my girlfriend?”" (Chuck Palahniuk, “Rant”, page 159-160)

“Reach into the darkness for what you can find
Travel great distance in your mind
The world gets stronger as you start trying
Things turn around towards being born
Away from dying” John Frusciante – ‘Unreachable’

“It is masochism, and masochism is pleasurable to many, but we don’t like to think about that. We don’t like to think that a person could have a twisted autoerotic life going on, be both a top and a bottom, and experience both at once: the pleasure of beating the hell out of a body shackled at the wrists, and the pleasure of being the body and knowing we desevere each blow.” (Marya Hornbacher, “Wasted”, page 124)