I lay it all out on the table.
SHERWOOD ANDERSON:
"Out of her defeats has been born a new quality in woman. I have a name for it.
I call it Tandy.
I made up the name when I was a true dreamer and before my body became vile. It is the quality of being strong to be loved. It is something men need from women, and they do not get."
The stranger arose and stood before Tom Hard. His body rocked back and forth and he seemed about to fall, but instead he dropped to his knees on the sidewalk and raised the hands of the little girl to his drunken lips. He kissed them ecstatically. "Be Tandy, little one," he pleaded. "Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything. Be brave enough to dare to be loved. Be something more than man or woman. Be Tandy." - Winesburg, Ohio
OSCAR WILDE:
"Yes, we are overcharged for everything nowadays. I suppose that the real tragedy of the poor is they can afford nothing but self denial. beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.
'Oh! i should fancy in remorse, in suffering in . . . well, the conciousness of degradation.'
Lord Henry shrugged his shoulder. 'My dear fellow, mediaval art is charming, but mediaval emotions are out of date. One can use them in fiction, of course. But then the only things that one can use in fiction, of course. but then the only things that one can use in fiction are the things that one has ceased to use in fact. Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.'
'I know what pleasrue is," cried Dorian Gray. 'it is to adore someone.'
that is certainly better than being adored.' he answered, toying with some fruits. 'being adored is a nuisnance. Women treat us just as humanity treats the gods. They worship us, and are always bothering us to do something for them.'
'I should have said that whatever they ask for they had first given to us,' murmured the lad gravely. 'they create love in our natures. they have a right to demand it back.'
'that is quite true, Dorian,' cried Hallward.
'nothing is ever quiet true,' said Lord Henry.
'this is,' interrupted Dorian. 'You must admit, Harry, that women give to men the very gold of their lives.'
'possibly,' he sighed, 'but they invariably want it back in such very small change. that is the worry, women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.'
'Harry, you are dreadful! I dont know why I like you so much.'
'You will always like me, Dorian," he replied. 'will you have some coffee, you fellows? Waiter, bring cofee, and fine champagne, and some cigarettes. No, dont mind the cigarettes - I have some. Basil, I cant allow you to smoke cigars. you must have a cigarette. a cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. it is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatified. what more can one want? Yes, Dorian, you always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.'
'what nonsense you talk, Harry!' cried the lad, taking a light from a fire-breathing silver dragon that the waiter had placed on the table. ' let us go down to the theatre. when sibyl comes on the stage you will have a new ideal of life. she will represent something to you that you have never known.'
'I have known everything,' said Lord Henry, with a tired look in his eyes, 'but i am always ready for a new emotion. I am afraid, however, that for me at any rate, there is no such thing. Still, your wonderful girl may thrill me. I love acting. It is so much more real than life. Let us go. Dorian." - The Picture of Dorian Grey
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