Chapter 15 Quotes Flashcards
Dorian
‘Felt keenly the terrible pleasure of a…
double life’
‘Those finely shaped fingers could never have clutched a knife for sin, not those smiling lips have cried out on God and goodness. he himself could not help wondering at the calm of…
his demeanour, and for a moment felt keenly the terrible pleasure of a double life.’
his duality thrills him
Lady Narborough to LH
‘Everybody I know says you are…
very wicked.’
LH
‘Women love us for our…
defects.’
Dorian
‘Life is a great…
disappointment.’
After killing basil life is not the same for him, he has experienced all sins
LH
‘A man can be happy with any woman, as long as…
he does not love her.’
LH
‘moderation is a…
fatal thing.’
Hedonism
LH
‘She is too clever, too clever for…
a women.’
attitudes to women at the time meant a woman could not be seen as clever.
Dorian about Opium
‘it held something that he longed for and yet…
almost loathed.’
Opium and its sins he hates but the addiction of sin and opium draws him back. A way to escape the subconscious guilt he is feeling over Basil?
