It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. (Algernon in The Importance of Being Ernest)

“He is all my art to me now," said the painter gravely. "I sometimes think, Harr…”

“The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.”

“Even now I cannot help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion o…”

“But you will tell me this is an inartistic age, and we are an inartistic people…”