“The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.”
“There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.”
“Don’t speak. Let me think, or, rather, let me try not to think.”
“I shudder at the thought of being free.”
“You like everyone; that is to say, you are indifferent to everyone.”
“I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.”
“You seem to forget that I am married….”
“I feel I must come with you. And will you talk to me all the time? No one talks so wonderfully as you do.”
“Yes, I am glad now…..I wonder shall I always be glad?”
“I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else.”
“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us.”
“Her/his trust makes me faithful, her/his belief makes me good.”
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
“S/he has certainly not been paying me compliments. Perhaps that is the reason that I don’t believe anything s/he has told me.”
“You have a wonderful influence. Let it be for good, not for evil.”
“You will see the girl/guy/person to whom I am going to give all my life, to whom I have given everything that is good in me.”
“______’s whims are laws to everybody, except herself/himself.”
“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.”
“You must not tell me about things. What is done is done. What is past is past!“
“What would you say, _____, if I told you that I had murdered _____?”
“I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself do not interest me. The have not got the charm of novelty.”
“I suppose one must be serious sometimes.”
“I didn’t say I liked it _____. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.”
“You call yesterday the past?”
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
“All I want now is to look at life. You may come and look at it with me, if you care to.”
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
“It is only the sacred things that are worth touching, _____.”
“I cannot help telling you things….you have a curious influence over me.”
“I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”
“Passion makes one think in a circle.”
“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.”
“I shall show you my soul. You shall see the thing that you fancy only God can see.”
“I never talk during music–at least, during good music. If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it in conversation.”
“You might see nothing in him/her, but I see everything in him/her.”
“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
“Nowadays people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
“You used to stir my imagination. Now you don’t even stir my curiosity.”
“Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.”
“I don’t think I am heartless. Do you?’
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”
“You don’t understand what friendship is, _____.”
“Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world’s original sin.”
“For that—for that—I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!“
“_____, you are dreadful! I don’t know why I like you so much.“
“A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do.”
“As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.”
“Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.”
“Those words mean nothing to me now.“
“Hush! Don’t say that. You have done enough evil in your life. My God! Don’t you see that accursed thing leering at us?“
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