Status Updates From The Portrait of a Lady

“michael angelo’s dome isn’t as impressive as…” henrietta i hate you

“He felt the old bitterness, which he had tried so hard to swallow, rise again in his throat, and he knew there are disappointments that last as long as life.”

“He took himself so seriously; it was something appalling. Under all his culture, his cleverness, his amenity, under his good nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent in a bank of flowers.”