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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
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“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
“Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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