“ I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. ”
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881). copy citation
| Author | Henry James |
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| Source | The Portrait of a Lady |
| Topic | requirement imagination wealth |
| Date | 1881 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2833/2833-h/2833-h.htm |
Context
“«I shall be happy to consider it,» he said softly.
«Isabel's poor then. My mother tells me that she has but a few hundred dollars a year. I should like to make her rich.»
«What do you mean by rich?»
«I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. Isabel has a great deal of imagination.»
«So have you, my son,» said Mr. Touchett, listening very attentively but a little confusedly.
«You tell me I shall have money enough for two. What I want is that you should kindly relieve me of my superfluity and make it over to Isabel.” source
«Isabel's poor then. My mother tells me that she has but a few hundred dollars a year. I should like to make her rich.»
«What do you mean by rich?»
«I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. Isabel has a great deal of imagination.»
«So have you, my son,» said Mr. Touchett, listening very attentively but a little confusedly.
«You tell me I shall have money enough for two. What I want is that you should kindly relieve me of my superfluity and make it over to Isabel.” source
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