The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James ---- AKSHR

It has made me better loving you …

 it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter.

I used to want a great many things before, 

and to be angry that I did not have them.

Theoretically, I was satisfied.

 I flattered myself that I had limited my wants.

But I was subject to irritation; 

I used to have morbid sterile hateful fits of hunger, of desire.

Now I really am satisfied, 

because I can’t think of anything better.”

The Portrait Of A Lady by Henry James