The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself. I

How pleasant it was in the garden! And how delightful other people's emotions were! –

Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.