One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a — Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
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One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a lot of things one shouldn't, simply from a sense that one had to say something.

— Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
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