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Quotation Thoughts about quotation
"I don't think I shall send it anywhere," he answered, tossing his head back in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford. "No, I won't send it anywhere."
"I know you will laugh at me," he replied, "but I really can't exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it." Pg.4 Basil had just drawn one of his best portraits and tells Lord Henry that he won't send it anywhere because he put too much of himself into it. This seems awkward because I thought that artists were supposed to display themselves through their art, but Basil finds that the reason not to display his art.
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." Pg.4 This quote is told by Lord Henry to Basil and Dorian after Basil refuses to display his finest art. It is completely accurate because people don't enjoy other s talking about them, but they also don't enjoy others not talking about them at all.......

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