the fall

"true debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. in it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favourite pastime of the great lovers of their own person. it is a jungle without past or future, above all without any promise or any immediate penalty. the places where it is practiced are separated from the world. on entering, one leaves behind fear and hope. conversation is not obligatory there; what one comes for can be had without words, and often indeed without money."

- the fall by albert camus