The Picture of Dorian Gray quotes

All art is quite useless -
preface

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.-
chapter 1, Lord Henry

I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us-
Chapter 1, Lord Henry

laburnum
fantastic shadows of birds
laurel bush
white daisies
lilac-blooms

pulling the daisy to bits
plucking another daisy-
chapter 1, henry destroying youth and beauty

As long as I live the personality of Dorian Gray will dominate me-
chapter 1, Basil

Women have no appreciation of good looks; at least, good women have not-
chapter 1 Henry

All influence is immoral

the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it

...fresh influences were at work within him. Yet they seemed to him to have come really from himself.

I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.

It will mock me some day- mock me horribly!

I always hear Harry's views through his friends.

Sordid sinners, and its splendid sins, as you once phrased it.

She regarded me merely as a person in a play. She knows nothing of life.

I am a little jealous of the picture for being a whole month younger than I am

Love is more than money

He wants to enslave you.
I shudder that the thought of being free

They retain their egotism, and add it to many other egos. They are forced to have more than one life.

Harry, you are dreadful! I don't know why I like you so much.
You will always like me Dorian

The painted scenes were my world