You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the si... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."

"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."

"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."

"You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid"

"You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know."