To be in love is to surpass one’s self.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 5. Sibyl Vane tells her brother James how much she loves Dorian, who will be at the theater that night to see her play Juliet. Just before this quote she tells him excitedly: "Fancy, Jim, to be in love and play Juliet! To have him sitting there! To play for his delight!"