"He watched it with that strange interest..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when we are stirred by some new emotion for which we cannot find expression.
More by Oscar Wilde
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“Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery.”
“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”
More on Emotion
“Hatred is a heavy burden. It sinks the heart deep in the breast, and lies like a tombstone on all joys.”
“I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.”
“Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.”