i stumbled across some oscar wilde quotes tonight and have decided that i must read his work. he tickles me.

choice quotes that strike a chord with me:

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
- The Importance of Being Earnest

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Lady Windermere's Fan

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

The central problem in Hamlet is whether the critics are mad or only pretending to be mad.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

And...one of my favorites...

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.