You were right. There can be something fatal about a portrait.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Picture of Dorian Gray movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:10.920 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- It affected me so much, I felt I couldn't let it be seen publicly.
- Perhaps you've seen the same mysterious quality in it, Dorian?
- I saw something in it. Something that seemed to be very curious.
- You were right. There can be something fatal about a portrait.
- I think I understand what you feel about it. And I respect your wishes.
- Perhaps someday you'll recover from it, as I did.
- At any rate, I'll certainly not let it destroy our friendship.
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