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“Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself onto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite hot with shame and regret.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis
“How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June.... If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that—for that—I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Dorian Gray is to me simply a motive in art. You might see nothing in him. I see everything in him. He is never more present in my work than when no image of him is there. He is a suggestion, as I have said, of a new manner. I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours. That is all.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition
― The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition
“The man whose life I want must be nearly forty now. This one is little more than a boy.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition
― The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition
“Dorian Gray frowned and turned his head away. He could not help liking the tall, graceful young man who was standing by him. His romantic, olive-coloured face and worn expression interested him. There was something in his low languid voice that was absolutely fascinating. His cool, white, flowerlike hands, even, had a curious charm. They moved, as he spoke, like music, and seemed to have a language of their own. But he felt afraid of him, and ashamed of being afraid. Why had it been left for a stranger to reveal him to himself? He had known Basil Hallward for months, but the friendship between them had never altered him. Suddenly there had come some one across his life who seemed to have disclosed to him life’s mystery.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition
― The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition
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