Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from William Wilson.
Identity Quotes
Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. (1)
Versions of Reality Quotes
I would not, if I could, here or to-day, embody a record of my later years of unspeakable misery, and unpardonable crime. (2)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. (1)
Guilt and Blame Quotes
I would not, if I could, here or to-day, embody a record of my later years of unspeakable misery, and unpardonable crime. (2)
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
Thenceforward my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master...