1. “A romance of art one might call it, and the worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.”

   —	The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wild

    
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   “Now an then, however, he is horribly thoughtless, and seems to take a real delight in giving me pain. Then I feel that I have given away my whole soul to someone who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer’s day.”

   —	The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wild