"Life is a predicament which precedes death."
-Henry James
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"The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.“
-Henry James
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"Deep experience is never peaceful."
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"I adore adverbs they are the only qualifications I really much respect."
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