

“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, lost in a forest remote from all human habitation.”
― The Trial
― The Trial

“To define is to limit.”
― 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

“She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain. ”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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