Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. – Henry Adams
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. – Henry Adams
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. – Henry Adams
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. – Henry Adams
As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that its a bore. – Henry Adams
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in the United States one way and my mother had a different one, and I was very aware of those things. I continue to wonder about it, and I will continue to write about it. – Jhumpa Lahiri