Jan 6, 2025
“but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. They wrote so much about it that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. True love suffers, and is silent.
The Remarkable Rocket, Oscar Wilde
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“but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. They wrote so much about it that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. True love suffers, and is silent.
The Remarkable Rocket, Oscar Wilde
roses in the works of oscar wilde
the picture of dorian gray (1, 2) / salomé (3, 4) / lady windermere’s fan (5) / the remarkable rocket (6) / lord arthur savile’s crime (7) / the birthday of the infanta (8) / an ideal husband (9) / the ballad of reading gaol (10)
"I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don´t understand a single word of what I am saying" -Oscar Wilde- The remarkable rocket
Favorite Fairy Tale/Folktale
Death's Messenger
The Blue Light
The Brown Bear of Norway
Lady Meng Jiang
The Remarkable Rocket
The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple
The Imp Prince / The Hobgoblin Prince / Le Prince Lutin
Thomas the Rhymer
The Ice Maiden
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My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.
RAVENCLAW: “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” –Oscar Wilde (The Remarkable Rocket)
“Well, that is his loss, not mine,” answered the Rocket. “I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” “Then you should certainly lecture on Philosophy,” said the Dragon-fly, and he spread a pair of lovely gauze wings and soared away into the sky.
The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde
Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
Oscar Wilde, The Remarkable Rocket
The Remarkable Rocket
“The sledge was shaped like a great golden swan, and between the swan’s wings lay the little Princess herself”
“She is like a white rose!" they cried, and they threw down flowers on her from the balconies”
“the Prince was waiting to receive her. He had dreamy violet eyes, and his hair was like fine gold.”
“As he received no salary at all this was not of much use to him, but it was considered a great honour, and was duly published in the Court Gazette”
“Only true lovers could drink out of this cup, for if false lips touched it, it grew grey and dull”
“the King doubled his salary a second time.
"What an honour!" cried all the courtiers.”
“King had promised to play the flute. He played very badly, but no one had ever dared to tell him so, because he was the King.”
“he knew only two airs, and was never quite certain which one he was playing; but it made no matter, for, whatever he did, everybody cried out, "Charming! charming!”
“They are like the Aurora Borealis," said the King, who always answered questions that were addressed to other people”
“Any place you love is the world to you," exclaimed the pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early life”
“prided herself on her broken heart; "but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it.”
“True love suffers, and is silent. I remember myself once—”
“a brown–paper cartridge, who happened to be staying in the same drawer as myself, and he knew the latest Court news”
“She was one of those people who think that, if you say the same thing over and over a great many times, it becomes true in the end”
“he knew the proper Parliamentary expressions to use”
“How fortunate it is for the King’s son," he remarked, "that he is to be married on the very day on which I am to be let off!”
“My father was a Rocket like myself, and of French extraction. He flew so high that the people were afraid that he would never come down again. He did, though, for he was of a kindly disposition, and he made a most brilliant descent in a shower of golden rain.”
“the Bengal Light felt so crushed that he began at once to bully the little squibs, in order to show that he was still a person of some importance”
“You were talking about yourself"
"Of course; I knew I was discussing some interesting subject”
“I hate rudeness and bad manners of every kind, for I am extremely sensitive”
“A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people’s toes”
“That is a very selfish reason," said the Rocket angrily. "What right have you to be happy? You should be thinking about others. In fact, you should be thinking about me. I am always thinking about myself, and I expect everybody else to do the same. That is what is called sympathy. It is a beautiful virtue, and I possess it in a high degree.”
“whole married life would be spoiled; and as for the King, I know he would not get over it”
“Why, anybody can have common sense”
“none of you have any hearts. Here you are laughing and making merry just as if the Prince and Princess had not just been married.”
“If they had lost their only son there would be no use in saying anything more about the matter. I hate people who cry over spilt milk. But when I think that they might lose their only son, I certainly am much affected.”
“I never said I knew him," answered the Rocket. "I dare say that if I knew him I should not be his friend at all. It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.”
“He must have a truly romantic nature," said the Catherine Wheel, "for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about”
“They were extremely practical, and whenever they objected to anything they called it humbug”
“They danced so beautifully that the tall white lilies peeped in at the window and watched them, and the great red poppies nodded their heads”
“Good–bye," cried the Fire–balloon as he soared away, dropping tiny blue sparks. Bang! Bang! answered the Crackers, who were enjoying themselves immensely.”
“All his poor relations, to whom he would never speak, except with a sneer, shot up into the sky like wonderful golden flowers”
“I suppose they are reserving me for some grand occasion," said the Rocket; and he looked more supercilious”
“BAD Rocket? BAD Rocket?" he said, as he whirled”
“I heard the farmer’s wife say to her mother that she could not get a wink of sleep at night on account of us. It is most gratifying to find oneself so popular.”
“good–bye: I have enjoyed our conversation very much, I assure you.”
“Somebody must listen," answered the Frog, "and I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.”
“Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.”
“when one wants to talk about oneself, as I do. It is what I call selfishness”
“I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures.”
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”
“I can fly up into the sky, and come down in a shower of golden rain."
"I don’t think much of that," said the Duck, "as I cannot see what use it is to any one.”
“I see that you belong to the lower orders. A person of my position is never useful.”
“I have always been of opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.”
“I find this place rather tedious. There is neither society here, nor solitude. In fact, it is essentially suburban.”
“Hallo!" cried one of the boys, "look at this old stick!”
“I shall go much higher than the stars, much higher than the moon”
“In fact, I shall go so high that——"
Fizz! Fizz! Fizz! and he went straight up into the air.”
“I shall go on like this for ever. What a success I am!"
But nobody saw him.”
“But nobody heard him, not even the two little boys, for they were sound asleep”
“Good heavens!" cried the Goose. "It is going to rain sticks;" and she rushed into the water”
“I knew I should create a great sensation," gasped the Rocket, and he went out”