Things are always different from what they might be.
HENRY JAMESTo live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it…to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.
More Henry James Quotes
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When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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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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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
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The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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In art economy is always beauty.
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Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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