"I know what conscience is, to begin with. It is not what you told me it was. It is the divinest thing in us. Don't sneer at it, Harry, any more,--at least not before me. I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous."
-Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Thursday, February 15, 2007
To Be A Good Soul
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Don't you just love Oscar Wilde? The whole of the pisture of dorian gray kept me on my toes. Now B read the de profundis :)
I don't think anyone can bear the idea of their soul being hideous.
Yet ... it is this very suspicion which erodes our self-esteem.
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