“The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.”

“Poor Aubrey: I hope he will get all right. He brought a strangely new personality to English art, and was a master in his way of fantastic grace, and the charm of the unreal. His muse had moods of terrible laughter. Behind his grotesques there seemed to lurk some curious philosophy…”

“The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”

“Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.”

“I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me”

“Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.”

“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”