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"I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd

attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to

air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common

people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that

personality selects is absolutely delightful to me. Dorian Gray

falls in love with a beautiful girl who acts Juliet, and proposes

to marry her. Why not? If he wedded Messalina, he would be none

the less interesting. You know I am not a champion of marriage.

The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish. And

unselfish people are colourless. They lack individuality. Still,

there are certain temperaments that marriage makes more complex.

They retain their egotism, and add to it many other egos. They

are forced to have more than one life. They become more highly

organized, and to be highly organized is, I should fancy, the

object of man's existence.