⠀ ⠀ began: 01.06.2026 ⠀ | ⠀ finished: tba

GENRE: gothic, decadent/philosophical fiction

NOTES

• noticing the reoccurring appearance and description of flowers
  • rose, lilac,
• lord henry's personal philosophy on beauty and the meaning of life is interesting and honestly makes for a good introduction of him as a character. explains his personality well.

QUOTES

• "there is a fatality about all physical and intellectual distinction, the sort of fatality that seems to dog through history the faltering steps of kings."
• "i find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colors."
• "There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. all influence is immoral... to influence a person is to give him one's own soul...he becomes an echo of someone else's music, a part that has not been written for him."