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character
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- Fiction
“Take things more easily. Don’t ask yourself so much whether this or that is good for you. Don’t question your conscience so much—it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions. Don’t try so much to form your character—it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose. Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself.”
—
Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady (New York: Bantam, 2007), [Bantam Classic reissue], 223.buy on Amazon
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