Leopold Von SacherMasochSo, ” Wanda cried, “a woman in furs is nothing more than a large cat, a charged electric battery?
About This Quote
This quote is a play on words and plays off the fact that if a woman in fur coat stands next to a woman in a fur coat, she is just another large cat.
Source: Venus In Furs
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