There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat away its grace. they would defile it, and make it shameful. And yet the thing would still live on. It would be always alive. (Dorian Gray regarding his portrait)

If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.