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It’s 4am I’m bored and feeling feral so here’s a conversation I had with my friend the other day that haunts me
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Oscar Wilde(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Remembering these beauties from school.
Not platonic, not romantic, but a secret third thing (the tragedy of a friendship so colored by romance)
My favorite thing ever is Dorian going "Women are so emotional" In the very same chapter that he flung himself onto a sofa, collapsed onto a chair, sobbed, and believed himself to be going insane.
the picture of dorian gray // oscar wilde
when oscar wilde wrote “there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands” i felt that
Oscar Wilde saying his favourite poetess was Sappho was gay/lesbian solidarity
The more I learn about Oscar Wilde, the more I feel like we would have been besties.
maturing is realizing i am EXACTLY like other girls. my life was built by musical theatre, i have a 12 hour playlist consisting of mostly laufey and tv girl, i had (and honestly still have) an obsession with shadow the hedgehog starting at age 12, i love wolverine to bits, i’m currently reading the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde, my google docs consist mostly of my own poetry, i love taking photos, and i yearn for human connection
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde
But I read this fantastic article that pretty much said the opposite, so I'm torn between a 19th century gay romantic or a Scottish philosopher.
Oh to be a heroine in a Jane Austen novel
My Favorite Cult.
Doriririan Gray
Since everyone wants to see the connections between The Portrait of Dorian Gray and Izaya Orihara even though his favourite quote is from Lady Windermere I decided to keep that in mind while reading the book and my conclusions are:
Dorian Gray: Mikado Ryugamine
Basil Hallward: Masaomi Kida
Lord Henry: Izaya (BECAUSE NEITHER OF THEM EVER SHUT UP)
Guys, Netflix is going to make a modern day adaptation of Dorian Gray and they're making Basil and Dorian brothers