“A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain. The mother snatched away by death, the boy left to solitude and the tyranny of an old and loveless man. Yes, it was an interesting background. It posed the lad, made him more perfect as it were. Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
机器翻译,仅供参考:
“一个美丽的女人为了疯狂的激情不惜一切代价。几周的快乐被一桩可怕的、奸诈的罪行打断了。几个月无声的痛苦,然后一个孩子在痛苦中出生。母亲被死神夺走了,男孩被一个孤僻无爱的老人遗弃在暴政之下。是的,这是一个有趣的背景。它使小伙子摆出姿势,使他看起来更完美。在每一件精美的东西背后,都有一些悲剧。”