“Carrie felt this as a personal reproof. She read "Dora Thorne," or had a great deal in the past. It seemed only fair to her, but she supposed that people thought it very fine. Now this clear- eyed, fine-headed youth, who looked something like a student to her, made fun of it. It was poor to him, not worth reading. She looked down, and for the first time felt the pain of not understanding.”
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“But maybe that's how it is with art. You suffer, and in the end, everyone thinks it's cool.”
“It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals him.”