Sunday, January 9, 2011

Ennui

"Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful."
"One may lose one's way."
"All ways end at the same point, my dear Gladys."
"What is that?"
"Disillusion."


- The Picture of Dorian Gray; Oscar Wilde

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(Chapter 18 is is one of my favorite chapters from the book, and yet it wasn't even included as it is today in the very first edition.)

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