Portrait-of-a-lady Quote by Henry James

She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.

— Henry James

“…In the very simplicity of her desire to punish herself appeared egoism in its purest form. Never before had this woman who seemed to…

— Yukio Mishima

“She felt as though she'd acquiesced in her own rape ...”

— Judith Rossner

“And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. She would be forced to explain herself and to beg…

— Stieg Larsson

“She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have…

— Edward St Aubyn

“she did understand the corrosive nature of guilt. It could destroy from the inside, worrying at your mind until you submitted.”

— Lisa Hartley

“Inwardly she argued with herself, reflecting that it never ended well when one did something morally questionable for the right reasons.”

— Lisa Kleypas

“It wasn't her fault if she seemed less than human, it was the fault of them that did this to her, and them that…

— Hillary Jordan

“If anything defeated her, it would be her own mind and self-doubt.”

— Cat Johnson

“An objective viewpoint was beyond her; she was single-minded to a fault.”

— Alison Weir

“She could not be made rude and malicious by the rudeness and malice of those about her.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“She destroyed egos by the score and made men hate themselves in the morning by the way she found them, used them, and tossed…

— Joseph Heller