“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
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“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“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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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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