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"What a fuss people make about fidelity!" exclaimed Lord Henry. "Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say."

Some great quotes “People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilet

The younger had always worn a yoke; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions?

The younger had always worn a yoke; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions?

The language kills itself, expires inside its host. Language acts as an acid over its message. If you no longer care about an idea or feeling, then put it into language. That will certainly be the last of it, a fitting end. Language is another name for coffin.

Most people say "you know Frankenstein is not the monster" no ... He is, he is not the creation. The creator is the monster. The creature is one articulate beastie.

Every minute," continued M. Krempe with warmth, "every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost. You have burdened your memory with exploded systems and useless names. Good God! In what desert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies which you have so greedily imbibed are a thousand years old and as musty as they are ancient"

Good I persevered with God and simpering relationships. Peter discovery of a ranting hermit was well worth it. Oasis. It was there all along.