December 2011
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Happy holidays!
bellatrix-is-a-star:
Dec 26th
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"She was free in her prison of passion."
Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”
– Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Dec 24th
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“‘Harry,’ said Basil Hallward, looking him straight in the face, ‘every portrait...”
– The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (via exceptionallyread)
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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“Yes, death. Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the...”
– Oscar Wilde, “The Canterville Ghost” (1887)
Dec 23rd
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“It is better not to be different from one’s fellows. The ugly and the stupid...”
– Oscar WIlde. The Picture of Dorian Gray.  
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“MABEL CHILTERN is a perfect example of the English type of prettiness, the...”
– An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (via whereareyoureyes)
Dec 22nd
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“Music had stirred him like that. Music had troubled him many times. But music...”
– The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (via midnight-quill)
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.”
– Oscar Wilde (via enthusiasmfortheunnecessary)
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
– Oscar Wilde (via itoncewassaid)
Dec 20th
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“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”
– Oscar Wilde. The Model Millionaire.
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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“I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of artistic...”
–  Oscar Wilde ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (via feather-fey)
Dec 19th
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“Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.”
– Oscar Wilde  (via mariahwebb)
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their...”
– Oscar Wilde (via jetaway)
Dec 18th
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“Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and...”
– Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Harry to Dorian pg. 170 (via evoketheforms)
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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“When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses...”
– Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest.
Dec 17th
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“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of...”
– OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900) 126) A word from the wise (via 1001smiles)
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”
– Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Dec 16th
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“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is...”
– Oscar Wilde (via whatsleftislove)
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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“The only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”
– Oscar Wilde (via crystalcarousels)
Dec 15th
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“When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses...”
– Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest.
Dec 15th
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yourowndarlingboy said: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C… ! Oh dear, how did I forget À Rebours?! bankston said: Get Thomas Wright’s “Built of books: how reading...
Dec 14th
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yolo-gang-or-die asked: I don't know if you've answered this question already, but whatever. What's your favorite work by him?
Dec 14th
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lewisandafrisbee asked: I'm not sure of how much of a long shot this is, but do you know what books Oscar himself enjoyed reading?
Dec 14th
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theartofreiding-deactivated2012 asked: Which do you believe was Oscar Wilde's strongest format: his short stories, his plays, or his novel?
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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We cannot have a"Question Tuesday" without...
Dec 14th
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
– Oscar Wilde (via two-atoms-in-a-molecule)
Dec 14th
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“I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live...”
– Oscar Wilde, The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (via kaishabackwards)
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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“Outside, there is the stirring of birds among the leaves, or the sound of men...”
– Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Dec 13th
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“Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.”
– Oscar Wilde (via krgray)
Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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“Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get...”
– Algernon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (via karolena)
Dec 12th
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“Then the snow came, and after the snow came the frost. The streets looked as if...”
– The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (via sweetestsummer11)
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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“It had brought melancholy across his passions. Its mere memory had marred many...”
– Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via yellowcollargirl)
Dec 11th
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“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1892, Act III (via green-dandyism)
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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“They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.”
– Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Dec 10th
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