

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I love acting. It is so much more real than life.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
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