“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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“I hope, Cecily, I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
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