Quote by Oscar Wilde

“He once called her his basil plant; and when she asked for an explanation, said that basil was a plant which had flourished wonderfully…

— George Eliot

“The sense of his own beauty came on him like a revelation. He had never felt it before. Basil Hallward’s compliments”

— Oscar Wilde

“This fierce basilisk, this ungrateful, cruel, supercilious wretch, will neither seek, serve, own, nor follow you in any shape whatever.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Basil would never go for this - me chasing after an accused murderer in the darkness. He says there's nothing wrong with me, but…

— Lauren DeStefano

“Lord Henry looked at him. Yes, he was certainly wonderfully handsome, with his finely curved scarlet lips, his frank blue eyes, his crisp gold…

— Oscar Wilde

“As you first see him he wonders frequently whether he is not without honor and slightly mad, a shameful and obscene thinness glistening on…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I have given away my whole soul to some one who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat,…

— Oscar Wilde

“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible,…

— Simona Panova

“Under all his culture, his cleverness, his amenity, under his good-nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent…

— Henry James

“I will raise you like my own,” I promised the tiny basil pot that day. “I will give you sunlight, I will give you…

— Neil Pasricha

“He is probably the most savagely beautiful human being I have ever seen. It's not his looks that freeze my limbs to stone though.…

— Callie Hart

“There is something fragrant to touch at every turn; scented geranium leaves to rub or pots of thyme to tear at. Such temptations would…

— Nigel Slater