Depois do encontro com Lord Henry Dorian nunca mais seria o mesmo. Apesar de todos os avisos de Basil, as palavras de Henry penetraram na alma do jovem. Uma nova noção de juventude nunca antes pensada foi introduzida:
"... Ah! realise your youth while you have it. Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals of our age. 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..."
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - 1891
