Youth is wasted on the young

A blog dedicated to the novel and subsequent movies, fanart, and whatever else of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

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. "I don't want you to meet him." . "You don't want me to meet him?" . "No." . "Mr. Dorian Gray is in the studio, sir," said the butler, coming into the garden. . "You must introduce me now," cried Lord Henry, laughing. . The painter turned to his servant, who stood blinking in the sunlight. "Ask Mr. Gray to wait, Parker; I shall be in in a few moments." The man bowed, and went up the walk. . Then he looked at Lord Henry. "Dorian Gray is my dearest friend," he said. "He has a simple and beautiful nature....don't spoil him. Don't try to influence him. Your influence would be bad. The world is wide and has many marvelous people in it. Don't take away from me the one person who gives my art whatever charm it possesses; my life as an artist depends on him. Mind, Harry, I trust you." He spoke very slowly, and the words seemed wrung out of him almost against his will. . "What nonsesnse you talk!" said Lord Henry, smiling, and, taking Hallward by the arm, he almost led him into the house.

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'Yes,' continued Lord Henry, 'that is one of the great senses of life - to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul. You are a wonderful creature. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.'

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lippincott Edition

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'I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me.' Lord Henry smiled. 'He gives you good advice, I suppose. People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.' 'You don't mean to say that Basil has got any passion or romance in him?' 'I don't know whether he has any passion, but he certainly has romance,' said Lord Henry, with an amused look in his eyes. 'Has he never let you know that?'

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lippincott Edition