“I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.”
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The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels and is regarded by critics as one of his finest.
“Love has nothing to do with good reasons.”
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“You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.”
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“She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.”
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“If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.”
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“And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.”
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“She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.”
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“It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be.”
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“She is written in a foreign tongue.”
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