The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.Henry JamesreasonrepresentationslifetimerealityCopy this quote
“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
“O, there is nothing holier, in this life of ours, than the first consciousness of love, -- the first fluttering of its silken wings.