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30 Day Book Challenge, Day 14: Book whose main character you want to marry

"Because, a camera is a mechanical device which records a moment in time, but not what that moment means or the emotions that it evokes. Whereas, a painting, however imperfect it may be, is an expression of... feeling. An expression of love. Not just a copy of something."
-Charles Ryder in Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Vaugh