fiction·classic·
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 1890
Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.
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What did The Picture of Dorian Gray leave in you?
One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.
Live proof
The line you carried will sit here, in print.
From the margins
10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf
- CarriedNo. GFPTM4
The portrait aged so he wouldn't have to. Every filtered photo nodded.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byPetra06 FEB 2026 - CarriedNo. S1L9NF
The only way to be rid of temptation is to yield to it, the most dangerous beautiful lie.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byDario06 MAR 2026 - CarriedNo. OIG5X9
Wilde wrote a murder scene and made it sound like gossip. Unbearable talent.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byInes10 APR 2026 - CarriedNo. L9BIY1
Sibyl Vane lost her art by loving him. He lost his soul by not minding.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byLucy22 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. CJ6DM4
Youth is wasted on the young, no. Here it's wasted on the vain.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byTheo19 JUN 2026 - CarriedNo. 0JPZOI
The yellow book poisoned him with borrowed feelings. I know my algorithm too well now.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byWren17 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. MPGOF5
Each sin left its wrinkle in the paint. Conscience as art criticism.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byVera21 AUG 2026 - CarriedNo. V0OFVH
Lord Henry never did anything except say things. The most dangerous kind of friend.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried bySam18 SEP 2026 - CarriedNo. XWOQRR
He stabbed the canvas and himself. You can't kill the mirror without dying in it.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byOmar16 OCT 2026 - CarriedNo. NNEMLN
Basil's last warning cost him everything. Listen to the people who made you.
Carried out ofThe Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890not yet underlinedCarried byGrace22 OCT 2026