Lord Henry’s Journal. "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

A moral man would state that this is the work of the devil, or even more so the retaliations of God himself for the sinful ways Dorian had devoted his life to. But I cannot accept such a presumption? After all “It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place”. Could it truly be otherwise? Once again I state, that no part of my body is capable of accepting this notion, not even the shiny, polished, patch of skin on my balding head. But it would seem all the evidence seems to point to just this. But after all self doubt is something that only women, and the poor are meant for. It would almost seem that I have to start believing in dark sorcery and the power some plants boiled in the urine of cats possesses. You shall be missed, my dear friend. But more than all, the perfection that so impeccably was instilled inside of your soul, shall be missed by not just me, but the entire universe.…