#oscar-wilde

"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."

"Hearts Live By Being Wounded"

"So with curious eyes and sick surmiseWe watched him day by day,And wondered if each one of usWould end the self-same way,For none can tell to what red HellHis sightless soul may stray."

"Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal."

"Every single human being should be the fulfilment of a prophecy: for every human being should be the realisation of some ideal, either in the mind of God or in the mind of man."

"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all."

"I drink to separate my body from my soul."

"I called an insurance company to get a quote. They gave me one of Oscar Wilde’s best."

"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."