[And Dorian laughs. The sound is strangely sincere, oddly delicate, as young as his face if not his soul.] Because I want to live. And the way things are heading, I won't be able to, if I can't forget at least a little of what's in my head.

I don't forget anything, Catty. Not a second of my life. It would drive anyone mad, and it has done its worst on me.