“Everything is going to be fine in the end.
If it's not fine it's not the end.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
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Verified author @O_L1RU1, member from March 5, 2023“They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.”
Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance
Source: A Woman of No Importance
“The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”
Variant: It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love
Source: An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington, Act I
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) Welsh poet and writer
Source: In Country Sleep, and Other Poems
“Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.”
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
"The Threatened", The Book of Sand [El Libro de arena] (1975)
“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
Roald Dahl (1916–1990) British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter