In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.
Oscar WildeOut of the unreal shadows of night comes back the real life that we had known. We have to resume it where we had left off... p 207
Oscar WildeThere are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Oscar Wilde