"Do you know why you made that base and shameful marriage?
Simply because the shame and senselessness of it reached the pitch of genius! Oh, you are not one of those who linger on the brink.

You fly head foremost.

You married from a passion for martyrdom, from a craving for remorse, through moral sensuality.

It was a laceration of the nerves...

Defiance of common sense was too tempting.