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Oh Teddy... My poor Teddy :(

"I held her, he wanted to say. If i knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be to die, then I couldn't raise the gun to my head fast enough."
Why am I a sucker for such sad backstories?

I don't like to criticize a writer's work in a blunt way or anything, but honest to God, this book was good for about 40 pages where you could really touch up on real themes, but then it's back to the ~mechanical hound~ again and I just easily start to lose interest at 'overly imagined' and grotesque creatures.

Saving the rest of this book for tomorrow the same way I would save one sliver of a good cake just to be sure I'd get to enjoy it one more time.

"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing"
"So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life."
"Those who don't build must burn."

This book is coming along nicely, finally.

"You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it."
"You can't build a house without nails and wood. If you don't want a house built, hide the nails and wood. If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none...Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.."

Aaah damn the nostalgia.

Been dragging this book around for over 6 years now. Thanks to Reign for igniting my undying love for Mary Queen of Scots :')

Tout se tient et nous tient et nous traverse. Tout amour poussé à sa limite, devrait donc tout aimer; tout amour devrait être amour de tout (plus nous aimons les choses singulières, pourrait dire Spinoza, plus nous aimons Dieu).

'I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after' ~Oscar Wilde, procrastination pioneer <3
It's incredibly hard to quote a book made out of quotes. And it's also very weird how quotes can make you laugh this hard.

I should be studying.

What the hell just happened

Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

The downfall begins. And with it, my lack of interest.

"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as
easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don’t want to be
at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to
enjoy them, and to dominate them."

We are not sent into the world to air our moral
prejudices

"Soul and body, body and soul—how mysterious they were! There was animalism in the soul, and the body had its moments of spirituality." The whole book seems to me like it's written in Neon. Absolutely enthralled by Oscar's wit.

‘How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June ….'

To realize one’s nature perfectly,—that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one’s self.