The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern . . . this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience.
HENRY JAMESYou wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
More Henry James Quotes
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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