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“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: optimism

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“U" is gone. I suppose you're aware. The 1st aeiouy to go. Up until now the other graphemes were not aeiouys. When the aeiouys start to go, Ella, writing to you turns exponentially more grueling. I will not throw in the towel, though. I trust that you won't either. I truly relish our partnership.”
― Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

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“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: cynic

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“Would you mind doing this last thing for me? Pack my box with fivedozen liquor jugs?”
― Mark Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

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“What of Art?
-It is a malady.
--Love?
-An Illusion.
--Religion?
-The fashionable substitute for Belief.
--You are a sceptic.
-Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
--What are you?
-To define is to limit.”
― Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray

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