"She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. You laugh, but I..."

“She is all the great heroines of the world in one. She is more than an individual. You laugh, but I tell you she is genius. I love her, and I must make her love me. I want to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world hear our laughter and grow sad. I want a breath of passion to stir dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into dust.”

- Dorian Gray, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via inventivemuse)