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Quotation from Daisy Miller by Henry James

“I was booked to make a mistake. I have lived too long in foreign parts”

Henry James (spoken by Winterbourne)

Daisy Miller, Part II (closing pages) (1878/1879 text)

Portrait of Henry James

Winterbourne's admission to his aunt after Daisy's death, a rare moment of self-knowledge.

Citation: "I was booked to make a mistake. I have lived too long in foreign parts" — Henry James, Daisy Miller, Part II (closing pages) (1878/1879 text). (id daisy-miller-q1)

Portrait: Henry James, John Singer Sargent (died 1925), Public domain.

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