It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.
Oscar WildeNow it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.
Oscar WildeRomance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.
Oscar Wilde