“He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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