Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image ““this young Adonis, who looks as if he was made out of ivory and rose-leaves.”” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“He was fiercely beautiful in the way some young males are, as if their whole being were being lived through their eyes, and their… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
“Listen. I know he looks like a damn Adonis and probably fucks like a stallion, but, sweetie, if he’s what you want, then it’s… — K. Bromberg Copy Share Image
“If he could draw, he'd paint her in ivory and pink and umber,looking exactly the way she did in that instant. Perserve her forever,… — Jeanette Grey Copy Share Image
“Ah but it was so romantic lying in our bed looking up at the stars, just you and me.’ He nudges her shoulder as… — Sara Alexi Copy Share Image
“I almost forgot how gorgeous Adonis is," she [Ava] said, "We should have made him one of us." She [Ava] wouldn't have gotten any… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
“He looked like a once-green leaf that had begun to dry and to reveal the structure of its veins.” — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
“I am less to you than your ivory Hermes or your silver Faun. You will like them always. How long will you like me?… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“But up close that handsomeness is compromised. By the hardness of his eyes, which are the flat color of acorns pressed into winter mud.” — Sierra Simone Copy Share Image
“The boy was good-looking, with hair so fair it was nearly white, and black eyes. “That’s Valentine,” said a voice at her elbow. “When… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image