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“I sometimes think, Harry, that there are only two eras of any importance in the world's history. The first is the appearance of a new medium for art, and the second is the appearance of a new personality for art also. What the invention of oil-painting was to the Venetians, the face of Antinous was to late Greek sculpture, and the face of Dorian Gray will some day be to me.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
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“But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.”
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
“As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may be no more potent force than religion.”
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
“that's a real big part of what holds this religion together: it's not having to make those critical decisions that many of us have to make, and be responsible for your decisions.”
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
― Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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