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“But though she was the mistress of her own ways and no slave to any lamp save that of her own conscience, she had a weakness: she had fallen in love with George Amberson Minafer at first sight, and no matter how she disciplined herself, she had never been able to climb out. The thing had happened to her; that was all. George had looked just the way she had always wanted someone to look—the riskiest of all the moonshine ambushes wherein tricky romance snares credulous young love. But what was fatal to Lucy was that this thing having happened to her, she could not change it. No matter what she discovered in George’s nature she was unable to take away what she had given him; and though she could think differently about him, she could not feel differently about him, for she was one of those too faithful victims of glamour. When she managed to keep the picture of George away from her mind’s eye, she did well enough; but when she let him become visible, she could not choose but love what she disdained. She was a little angel who had fallen in love with high-handed Lucifer; quite an experience, and not apt to be soon succeeded by any falling in love with a tamer party—and the unhappy truth was that George did make better men seem tame.”

Quote by Booth Tarkington

Book:The Magnificent Ambersons
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The Magnificent Ambersons

The story follows the Amberson family as they navigate the complexities of a rapidly evolving world, reflecting on the loss of their former prominence and the challenges of modernity more

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Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington was an American novelist known for his works that often depicted the lives of the upper class in the early 20th century. His writing style was characterized by wit and social commentary, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice. more

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