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" The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. "
Henry James
Reason
Existence
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" Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. "
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" One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left. "
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" Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. "
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" Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. "
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" It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe. "
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" I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace. "
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" I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them. "
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" Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had? "
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Long
Live
" I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. "
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Doing
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" A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. "
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Bad
Man
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