I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
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The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us.
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