Dorian Quotes

I rot on the wall, my own Dorian Gray. (Anne Sexton)
Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame. View quote
Oscar Wilde
From Peloponnesos (came) the Lakedaimonians..., the Corinthians..., the Sikyonians..., the Epidaurians..., the Troiezenians... All these (groups)... belong to the Dorian and Macedonian nation (and) had emigrated last from Erineus and Pindos and Dryopis. View quote
Herodotus
You used your power to toss one rock at me?" he exclaimed, an almost comic note of incredulity in his voice. "On the contrary," I heard Dorian say pleasantly. "I didn't use magic for that. I just threw it. View quote
Richelle Mead
Everything‟s fine,” I said, with a tight smile. "Kiyo was just giving me his latest explanation about how my son is a terror to be feared.” Dorian scoffed. "Little Thundro? A terror? Hardly, unless perhaps we‟re discussing diapers. View quote
Richelle Mead
Dorian used to watch you like a starving man who wants meat. Now he looks at you like he wants seconds. View quote
Richelle Mead
I looked around at us all: me in my nightgown, Kiyo bare-chested, Dorian in his extravagant robes, and Tim in his Native getup. God, I muttered, standing up, we all look like the village people. View quote
Richelle Mead
Is he having a party?" "Dorian is a sociable king. He likes keeping people around him, mostly so he can mock them. View quote
Richelle Mead
He stepped forward and punched Dorian in the face, hard enough that I heard a thwack. "Ow," moaned Dorian, wincing from the pain. "My greatest asset. View quote
Richelle Mead
Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be-in other ages, perhaps. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Every artist has a Dorian Gray slaving away in the attic. (John Banville)
'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state. View quote
Walton Goggins
In etherial terms the whole world is beautiful. In physical terms I have rarely seen more scenic beauty than in California or in Texas. What pains me is to see how the blind power of that most powerful society is turning that beauty into something as sinister as the portrait of Dorian Grey. View quote
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning. View quote
Oscar Wilde