Quotes About Decadence

I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defined. And then, I ate my own wickedness.

You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices.

I ate civilization.

There are many temptations in this life, but cake is probably one of the biggest of them.

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening

Everything that is going to kill you is extremely appetizing.

Sometimes, eating a thick slice of chocolate fudge cake with ice cream makes you a better person.

The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful.

Life is short, have dessert first.

The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions.

In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.

There are four basic food groups: plain chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate.

Simply put, Rick was like cheesecake—sinfully rich, luscious, and oh-so-bad for you.

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.

But in the end, the cookies won.

Don't be polite. Bite in. Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin. It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are. You do not need a knife or fork or spoon. For there is no core or stem or rind or pit or seed or skin to throw away.

The cream and hot butter mingled and overflowed separating each glucose bead of caviar from its fellows, capping it in white and gold.

Ought we to be drunk every night?" Sebastian asked one morning. "Yes, I think so." "I think so too.

I want to give a really BAD party. I mean it. I want to give a party where there's a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings hurt and women passed out in the cabinet de toilette. You wait and see.

some of the boys she went with in Baltimore were terrible speeds and came to dances in states of artificial stimulation;

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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