You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to e... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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

"I am too fond of reading books to care to write them."

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

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"What fire does not destroy, it hardens"