You told me you had destroyed it. I was wrong. It has destroyed me.
There seemed to be something tragic in a friendship so coloured by romance.
I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.
I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.
When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.
It is better to be beautiful then to be good, but it is better to be good then to be ugly.
Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.
Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.
Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it's not fine it's not the end.
With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.
If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.
Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.
I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much.
Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.