“ You must save what you can of your life; you mustn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. ”
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881). copy citation
| Author | Henry James |
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| Source | The Portrait of a Lady |
| Topic | life loss |
| Date | 1881 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2834/2834-h/2834-h.htm |
Context
“Why shouldn't we be happy—when it's here before us, when it's so easy? I'm yours for ever—for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. What have you to care about? You've no children; that perhaps would be an obstacle. As it is you've nothing to consider. You must save what you can of your life; you mustn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. It would be an insult to you to assume that you care for the look of the thing, for what people will say, for the bottomless idiocy of the world. We've nothing to do with all that; we're quite out of it; we look at things as they are.”
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