Secret Names
"Dorian Gray? Is that his name?" asked Lord Henry, walking across the studio towards Basil Hallward.
"Yes, that is his name. I didn't intend to tell it to you."
"But why not?"
"Oh, I can't explain. When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It seems like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it." [143]
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. In Aldington, Richard & Weintraub, Stanley (eds). The Portable Oscar Wilde. Viking, 1981. ISBN: 0140150935.
for Sven, Rik, and Nigel
posted by JohnM @ 13:05
4 Comments:
huh. i'd no idea there were such cool things to be found in "The Picture of Dorian Gray." intriguing. :)
Oh, there's *lots* of intrigue to be found here....
Oh, Dorian Gray, such a delightfully twisted book!
I'm finally getting around to it! I remember your comments about it a while back.
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