“So as long as you can forget your body you are happy and the moment you begin to be aware of your body, you are wretched. So if civilization is any good, it has to help us forget our bodies, and then time passes happily without our knowing it. Help us get rid of our bodies altogether.”
― Lady Chatterley's Lover
― Lady Chatterley's Lover
“There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.”
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“She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain. ”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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