![[A novel by Henry James] is like a church lit but without a congregation to distract you, with every light and line focused on the high altar. And on the altar, very reverently place, intensely there, is a dead kitten, an egg-shell, a bit of string.](/assets/img/quote-photos/a-novel-by-henry-james-is-like-a-church-lit-but-without-a-congregation-to-distr.jpg)
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