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Love is a hole in the heart.

— The Cipher by Kathe Koja (99%)

Pandora could not correct her original error, but I bet she didn’t go around opening boxes anymore.

— The Cipher by Kathe Koja (77%)

the odor of the storage room was ripe and welcoming as a womb,

— The Cipher by Kathe Koja (54%)

I knew for once I had been purely and unarguably right. An odd feeling. Not pleasant. You can get used to being wrong all the time; it takes all the responsibility out of things.

— The Cipher by Kathe Koja (23%)

Of course nothing happened, nothing visible I should say because that’s the tricky part, isn’t it, that’s where the rub comes in. The worst wounds are internal, I should have known that from my own experience, but I’m the type of guy who doesn’t learn.

— The Cipher by Kathe Koja (21%)

Ah! in what a monstrous moment of pride and passion he had prayed that the portrait should bear the burden of his days, and he keep the unsullied splendour of eternal youth! All his failure had been due to that. Better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure swift penalty along with it. There was purification in punishment. Not "Forgive us our sins" but "Smite us for our iniquities" should be the prayer of man to a most just God.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (98%)

Each of us has heaven and hell in him, Basil

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (70%)

His great wealth was a certain element of security. Society—civilized society, at least— is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (63%)

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (44%)

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (31%)

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (22%)

[E]very portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (4%)

[T]here is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

— Picture of Dorian Gray : The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (3%)