- Why was he unhappy?
- Perhaps because he felt his youth slipping away from him.

Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield), Sibyl Vane (Angela Lansbury)

11 seconds sound clip from the The Picture of Dorian Gray movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:22:22.018 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You will, won't you, dearie?

- Yes. On one condition. Please.

- I apologize for my daughter.

- So goodbye, little yellow bird, I'd rather brave the cold on a leafless tree than a prisoner be in a cage of gold. (2)

- It's wonderful.

- Did...? Did you write it?

- Frederic Chopin wrote it for a woman he loved. Her name was George Sand. Someday I'll tell you about them.

- I should like that.

- What did the music mean to you?

- I don't know. It is full of emotion. But it's not happy.

- No, it's not happy.

- Why was he unhappy?

- Perhaps because he felt his youth slipping away from him.

- What an odd thing for you to say.

- Why?

- You are so young.

- Yes. And you also.

- What is the music called? Has it a name?

- A kind of name. It is called Prelude.

- Is this the way you watch over Sibyl, Mother?

- You don't understand these things, James.

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