"I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme." -- Henry James
Monday, December 26, 2011
Daily Dose
From Confessions of an English Opium Eater, by Thomas De Quincey
APART
"Apart from her situation, she was not what would be called an interesting child: she was neither pretty, nor quick in understanding, nor remarkably pleasing in manners."
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