We came to a long, narrow street entirely devoted to those dungeon-like chambers with barred windows whose occupants represent all the classified races of the East and all the unclassified sins of the Marquis de sade.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
"Four hundred years have past and gone," said I to the statue of a woman who gazed at me in astonishment, "since Laura de sade walked here; perhaps she was not as handsome as you, but she was lively, kindly, polite, and good of heart.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
All the papers cite as a proof of my depravity, the episode of the Turkish woman, which they misrepresent, naturally; and Sarcey compares me to Marquis de sade, whom he confesses he has not read!
"The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters"
George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie