There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
HENRY JAMESI’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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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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And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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