“ A journalist can’t hope to do much good unless he gets a good deal hated ”
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881). copy citation
Author | Henry James |
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Source | The Portrait of a Lady |
Topic | hate hope |
Date | 1881 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2834/2834-h/2834-h.htm |
Context
“Why doesn’t my brother like you?” the Countess ingenuously added.
“I don’t know and I don’t care. He’s perfectly welcome not to like me; I don’t want every one to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. A journalist can’t hope to do much good unless he gets a good deal hated; that’s the way he knows how his work goes on. And it’s just the same for a lady. But I didn’t expect it of Isabel.”
“Do you mean that she hates you?” the Countess enquired.
“I don’t know; I want to see.”
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