Dorian and Lily in “Unfinished Business”

Dorian

Do you not yet comprehend the wicked secret of the immortal? All age and die, save you. All rot and fall to dust, save you. Any child you bear becomes a crone and perishes before your eyes. Any lover withers and shrinks into incontinence and bent, toothless senility, while you, only you, never age, never die, never fade - alone. But after a time you'll lose the desire for passion entirely, for connection with anyone, like a muscle that atrophies from lack of use. [glances at the portraits] And one day you will realize that you have become like them - beautiful and dead. You have become a perfect portrait of yourself.

Lily

An eternity without passion, without affection, caring for nobody...

Dorian

[smiles] A small price to pay for such immortal perfection, don't you think?

Lily

Goodbye, Dorian. I hope they watch over you.

Dorian

You'll be back, and I'll be here. [pause] I'll always be here.