We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were much too afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray  (via wine-loving-vagabond)

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1 year ago on November 12, 2011 at 10:27pm
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