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“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
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
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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
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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Monica’s 2025 Year in Books
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