There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you s…

Oscar Wilde
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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. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts, p.187, Oxford University Press on Demand
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