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“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?”
― Candide, or, Optimism
― Candide, or, Optimism
“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“it seemed to me that I had never met
another person on earth
as discouraging to my happiness
as my father.
and it appeared that I had
the same effect upon
him.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
another person on earth
as discouraging to my happiness
as my father.
and it appeared that I had
the same effect upon
him.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
lena’s 2025 Year in Books
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