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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Oscar Wilde quote: "The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn..."

The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn into their mothers. The trouble with men is, that they don’t.

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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. Edgar Allan Poe
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I was hurting, too. How could she have done such a terrible thing? She was my friend. She treated me like a confidant, and she protected me like a big sister. I loved Tally, and now she had run off with a vicious killer. John Grisham
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