“He would agree that life is a little worth living — or worth living a little; but would remark that, unfortunately, to live little enough, we have to live a great deal.”

—  Henry James , book Hawthorne

Hawthorne, ch. V: The Three American Novels.

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American novelist, short story author, and literary critic 1843–1916

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