The only horrible thing in the world is ennui. - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror."

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."

"Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu geben."

"It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true."