Dorian Gray Decadence Quotes

Inteligence lives longer than beauty. ~ Oscar Wilde

An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. ~ Oscar Wilde

I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours. ~ Oscar Wilde

For these treasures, and everything that he collected in his lovely house, were to be to him means of forgetfulness, modes by which he could escape, for a season, from the fear that seemed to him at times to be almost too great to be borne. ~ Oscar Wilde

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. ~ Oscar Wilde

A line from The Picture of Dorian Gray kept running through my head- a line which, I thought, might have been written by the Devil himself:

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. ~ Syrie James

Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. ~ Oscar Wilde

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. ~ Oscar Wilde

Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities ~ Chinua Achebe

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. ~ Oscar Wilde

Lies are the easiest thing to see through. ~ Dorian Zari

What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom. ~ Terence McKenna

Anything you can do to make the world a more beautiful place is worth trying. ~ Dorian Cirrone

The law may be lenient, but He is always listening."
"Glad to hear God's a fan. ~ Dorian Zari

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot. ~ Oscar Wilde

Dorian has never killed anyone. Dorian didn't gut Archer Finn in the tunnels or torture and kill Grave and then chop him up into pieces. Dorian didn't go on a killing spree at Endovier that left dozens dead. ~ Sarah J. Maas

Wisdom comes from intent, experience, and finding courage. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Don't call her Tally in front of Clay", Dorian said, thinking of the small human female who loved Clay so desperately. "He's a little territorial."
Lucas's eyes flicked to Ashaya. "So are you."
Dorian wanted to bare his teeth, warn Lucas off against interfering. "Yeah, I am. ~ Nalini Singh

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ~ Oscar Wilde

Depravity and decadence are two sides of the same coin. ~ Manoj Vaz

Conscience is just a polite word for cowardice. No civilised man regrets a pleasure. ~ Lord Henry Wotton

Yet the roses are not less lovely for all that ~ Oscar Wilde

Don't deride me for hoping that someone can ease a pain you can't comprehend. ~ Dorian Zari

I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous. ~ Oscar Wilde

If everybody went to balls and did less drugs, itd be a fun world, wouldnt it? ~ Dorian Corey

different doesn't always mean bad, it just means different ~ John Dorian- Scrubs

I look for characters that speak to something in me. ~ Dorian Missick

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But ... it is better to be good than to be ugly. ~ Oscar Wilde

Dorian?"
"Yeah?:
"I want my mummy in our web."
Dorian's heart kicked in his chest. "She will be." It was the one thing he wouldn't compromise on. And if that made him animal in his possessiveness, so be it. ~ Nalini Singh

Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain. ~ Emil Dorian

Though forgiveness was impossible, forgetfulness was possible still, and he was determined to forget ~ Oscar Wilde

His name was Dorian.
Dorian Havillard, and he was the Crown Prince of Adarlan. ~ Sarah J. Maas

Everything that mattered, I learned from surfing. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

Veni, vidi, flevi.

I came. I saw. I cried. ~ Dorian Cirrone

I love to be called Doc. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

What the ... ? "Holy S***! You're 250 years old!?"
He gives me a wink of his beautiful eye in response. "Surprised?"
"Um, hell yeah. Ok, that's pretty much disgusting. Chester the Molester. I've been screwing an ancient artefact!" Dorian & Gabriella ~ S.L. Jennings

A person doesn't have to be perfect to be exacly what you need ~ John Dorian- Scrubs

Steroids are used in all sports. ~ Dorian Yates

Tammy's eyes widened. "Oh, my God, Dorian, it's not only lust, is it? You're starting to fall for her. She matters."
Tammy was wrong, Dorian thought, looking out and into the yard again.
The truth was, he'd already fallen for her. ~ Nalini Singh

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged. ~ Dorian Yates

The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live
undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet. They never bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands. Your rank and wealth, Henry; my brains, such as they are
my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray's good looks
we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly. ~ Oscar Wilde

You're not a restful individual to be around
Ashaya to Dorian ~ Nalini Singh

What o'clock is it, Victor? asked Dorian Gray, sleepily. ~ Oscar Wilde

But in reality, with Mr. Ellison there is an essence of probity about him; unlike Dorian Grey, him and his hidden portrait are both wonderful. When he speaks there is a certain intonation he gets that reveals so much about him, that you can't help but to feel rapt, and so few get to hear his unspoken thought because they are fixated on the bling and the big show. ~ Avra Amar Filion

I'm one of the few dumb Jewish doctors. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

She'd be lucky if she got out of this alive . . . and she'd never been lucky in her life. ~ Dorian Paul

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages. ~ Oscar Wilde

A dream of form in days of thought'--who is it who says that? I forget; but it is what Dorian Gray has been to me. ~ Oscar Wilde

Sometimes in life when you get what you want, you end up missing what you left behind ~ John Dorian- Scrubs

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably ritualized, always tends toward decadence. ~ Camille Paglia

Lord Henry went out to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine. ~ Oscar Wilde

Religion is the biggest influence on the intellect and the decadence of a people. ~ Siddharth Katragadda

You told me you had destroyed it." "I was wrong. It has destroyed me. ~ Oscar Wilde

Admitting we're not heroic is when we're the most heroic of all ~ John Dorian- Scrubs

You do not see the painting in the attic
The maggots on skin that tear.
The beauty is a trick.
Narcissus - promise naught but air...' ~ Dorian Gray ~ Stella Coulson

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence. ~ Paul Verlaine

it's not a unicorn, it's a horse with a sword on its head that protects my hopes and dreams ~ John Dorian- Scrubs

Is he having a party?" "Dorian is a sociable king. He likes keeping people around him, mostly so he can mock them. ~ Richelle Mead

And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'. ~ Sarah J. Maas

I can now recreate life in a way that was hidden from me, before.'A dream of form in days of thought: ~ Oscar Wilde

To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

I have no terror of death. It is the coming of death that terrifies me. Its monstrous wings seem to wheel in the leaden air around me. ~ Oscar Wilde

if we are lucky, and the stars and planets are in the right alignment, we experience magical moments when ~ David-Dorian Ross

Aelin was insane, Dorian realized. Brilliant and wicked, but insane. ~ Sarah J. Maas

During weight cutting your mind plays tricks on you. ~ Dorian Yates

To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult. ~ Thomas Pynchon

Attracted to one of the Silent?
His mouth set in a grim line. He'd cut off his own balls before he accepted that. ~ Nalini Singh

The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment ~ Dorian Yates

The only people to whose opinions I listen now with any respect are people much younger than myself. They seem in front of me. Life has revealed to them her latest wonder. ~ Oscar Wilde

How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late. ~ Wilfrid Sheed

I've spent all my life alone. And when you've been alone as long as I have, you realize that solitude means much more than being alone. ~ Dorian Zari

Shoulder width is an absolute requirement for displaying the V taper that will make or break your physique. ~ Dorian Yates

I did not want any external influence in my life. You know how independent I am by nature. I have always been my own master; had at least always been so, till I met Dorian Gray. ~ Oscar Wilde

Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.'
'You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.'
'Before which Dorian? The one who is pouring out tea for us, or the one in the picture?'
'Before either.'
'I should like to come to the theatre with you, Lord Henry,' said the lad.
'Then you shall come; and you will come, too, Basil, won't you?'
'I can't, really. I would sooner not. I have a lot of work to do.'
'Well, then you and I will go alone, Mr. Gray.'
'I should like that awfully.'
The painter bit his lip and walked over, cup in hand, to the picture. 'I shall stay with the real Dorian,' he said, sadly. ~ Oscar Wilde

I think it is easy to be a doctor. There are a hell of a lot more doctors than there are guys riding big Pipeline. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

We live in a world when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography. We have lost the abstract sense of beauty. ~ Oscar Wilde

Gollum is my picture of Dorian Gray. He will be with me for the rest of life, and I will grow to look more like him as I get older. ~ Andy Serkis

Living in a world where people measure their happiness by self-indulgence and decadence, Is like watching a whole society being pushed into the abyss of perpetual decay and aberrations. ~ Husam Wafaei

Still canna resist the draw of the devil."
A tremor sliced through Farah at the old woman's words. Dougan had called himself a demon the first time they'd met. If that sweet boy had been a demon, then Dorian Blackwell certainly was the devil.
And Farah was, indeed, helpless to resist his dark allure. ~ Kerrigan Byrne

I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity. ~ Oscar Wilde

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. ~ Richelle Mead

Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence. ~ Georges Braque

Apathy is just a lack of energy, which to me, is just the literal definition of decadence. So the energy gives out in a society - that is decadence. ~ Gore Vidal

Health is survival. But survival with style and class. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

He looked just perfect to play Dorian Gray in a film version of Oscar Wilde's novel. Young, graceful, and indecently fresh and handsome, he could easily have worn a badge that said READY FOR DEBAUCHERY! ~ Sergei Lukyanenko

I'm impressed you got up here so quickly - and without a pack of court ladies hounding after you. Perhaps you should try your hand at being an assassin." He shook the hair out of his face.
"I'm not interested in court ladies," he said thickly, and kissed her. ~ Sarah J. Maas

You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going. ~ Dorian Corey

All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal. ~ Dorian Yates

I breathe you," Dorian answers with a sigh, finishing my thought. "You intoxicate me, Gabriella. I told
you that. Breathing you has become somewhat of an addiction for me. ~ S.L. Jennings

You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream. ~ Oscar Wilde

Well you can't win the lottery if you don't have a ticket ~ Andy Gray

Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating. ~ Fernando Pessoa

But Dorian, tall, toned, and elegant, bore no resemblance to him. And then there was the matter of Dorian's sapphire eyes - not even his mother had his eyes. No one knew where they came from. ~ Sarah J. Maas

When I kept surfing, surfing kept me. ~ Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz

There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis. ~ Gray Davis

They could never see you as I do, angel. They never see any of you as I do. Flowers on a mass grave. ~ Dorian Zari

I think a lot of times stereotypes come when there are disconnected white writers who maybe have two or three black friends, and they write black characters, and they put them in situations that are ridiculous. ~ Dorian Missick

Every breath, every moment, possessed with an illusion of glamor, of filthy decadence, purely because it was ours, we two our own radical world, a star collapsing inward and bursting, gorgeous, in the dark. ~ Katie Lowe

Chaol," he said, looking over his shoulder. Dorian's eyes were frozen, his jaw clenched. "Treat her well. ~ Sarah J. Maas