"I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!"

"The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for."

"Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

"When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy."

"My life-my whole life- take it, and do with it what you will. I love you-love you as I have never loved any living thing. From the moment I met you I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly,madly!You didn't know it then-you know it now."

"A kiss may ruin a human life"

"You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid"

"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"

"Hearts Live By Being Wounded"

"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact."

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring."

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry."

"Yet each man kills the thing he lovesBy each let this be heardSome do it with a bitter lookSome with a flattering wordThe coward does it with a kissThe brave man with a sword"

"Who, being loved, is poor?"

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

"The heart was made to be broken."

"Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary."

"Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it."