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  1. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Unselfishness strips you of colour—so why would Dorian treat marriage as an experiment in keeping his edge?
    Oscar Wilde

  2. Jane Eyre

    I had been dragged through life—then, for the first time, I sat alone and thought.
    Charlotte Brontë

  3. Jane Eyre

    The one candle was dying; moonlight roused my senses into a sudden, inescapable expectancy.
    Charlotte Brontë

  4. The Count of Monte Cristo

    The scaffold awaits the poisoner—even the wife of the judge; unless, perhaps, she has hidden a vial of her deadliest poison.
    Alexandre Dumas (père); Auguste Maquet

  5. The Republic

    If lies are medicines, ordinary people should never play doctor.
    Plato

  6. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The 'doddering' opium smoker straightened, grinned, and no one but Watson noticed the change—who was hiding behind that disguise?
    Arthur Conan Doyle

  7. Jane Eyre

    Conventionality is not morality.
    Charlotte Brontë

  8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    She slipped her small hand into his, and through a furtive scuffle three words escaped that made Tom's pretense unravel.
    Mark Twain

  9. The Count of Monte Cristo

    A threatening rock melts into an oasis under sailors' songs—what spell has turned fear into longing as the island draws him near?
    Alexandre Dumas (père); Auguste Maquet

  10. The Count of Monte Cristo

    Fight now—grief is a luxury we cannot afford; will you strike back at fortune or let it crush you?
    Alexandre Dumas (père); Auguste Maquet

  11. The Republic

    Getting away with wrongdoing only makes you worse; punishment can be the hard path to becoming better.
    Plato

  12. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    Avoid ambition—even the 'innocent' hunger to distinguish yourself in science can destroy you.
    Mary Shelley

  13. The Count of Monte Cristo

    A look that chills, a silent request for a key—what forgotten secret waits in the old secretaire?
    Alexandre Dumas (père); Auguste Maquet

  14. Jane Eyre

    Chosen for labour, not for love—he claims you for the Sovereign’s service; what room is left for desire?
    Charlotte Brontë

  15. Jane Eyre

    A clergyman brands her a castaway and warns the children to shun her: 'this girl is a liar!'
    Charlotte Brontë