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“Only love can keep anyone alive.”

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This volume encompasses a wide array of Wilde's literary contributions, showcasing his wit, social commentary, and exploration of complex themes such as beauty, morality, and the human condition. more

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Ireland, and died on November 30, 1900, was a renowned Irish writer, playwright, and poet. His works are known for their wit, satire, and unique style, with notable works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. more

“A single note, held in an amber suspension of time, like a charcoal drawing of Icarus falling. It was sad and fierce all at once, alive with a lonely purity. It went on and on, until my own lungs were burning. “What bird are you calling?” I asked finally, when I couldn’t stand it any longer. The Bird Man stopped whistling. He grinned, so that I could see all his pebbly teeth. “You.”

Men Fall My Own Alive Calling Bird Lonely Notes Drawing Teeth Burning Purity Fierce Lungs Amber Suspension Whistling Charcoal Icarus

Author:Karen Russell

“The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren't a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.”

People Looks Persons Made Stories Would Be Guy Class England British Backgrounds Comic Cinema Look Up Villain Accents Working Class Rotten Ciphers

Author:Michael Caine

“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.”

Struggle Complicated Guides

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.”

Want Next One Day Bed

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.”

Littles Embrace Display Great Love

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.”

Knows Wells Heart Too Much Heard Drink Blind Brave Fortune Patient Be Patient Knocking Brave Heart

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the other monks, but his face and his step, his peaceful downward glance, his peaceful downward-hanging hand, and every finger of his hand spoke of peace, spoke of completeness, sought nothing, imitated nothing, reflected a continuous quiet, an unfading light, an invulnerable peace.”