He winced at the memory of all that he had suffered, and for a moment the same curious feeling of loathing for Basil Hallward that had made him kill him as he sat in the chair came back to him, and he grew cold with passion. The dead man was still sitting there, too, and in the sunlight now. How horrible that was! Such hideous things were for the darkness, not for the day.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 14. This passage shows Dorian’s astounding lack of self-awareness of the evil that he has committed in stabbing Basil to death, and the depths of corruption Dorian’s soul has reached. He sympathizes with himself for having "suffered," he seems to suggest that Basil deserved to be murdered and he feels no remorse whatsoever. He coldly detaches himself from his heinous actions like he was a bystander or even a victim.