The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.
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A selected quote by Henry James.
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.
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I think, therefore I am.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it
A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage
Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced