It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
HENRY JAMESWe must know, as much as possible, in our beautiful art…what we are talking about and the only way to know is to have lived and loved and cursed and floundered and enjoyed and suffered.
More Henry James Quotes
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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God’s creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.
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Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
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And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
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