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“Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“I mean, I hope you're happy,
But the sky is still the sky without you,
And I'm not surprised by that anymore.”
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But the sky is still the sky without you,
And I'm not surprised by that anymore.”
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“Hayat birbirinde ayırdıklarını, kısa bir müddet için tekrar yaklaştırır gibi olsa bile, uzun zaman yan yana bırakmıyor. Geçen günleri bir daha geri getirmek mümkün değil ve sadece hatıralar iki insanı birbirine bağlayacak kadar kuvvetli değil.”
― Kuyucaklı Yusuf
― Kuyucaklı Yusuf
“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
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“I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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