Things are always different from what they might be.
HENRY JAMESWhat is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
More Henry James Quotes
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I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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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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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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In other words summarise intensely and deeply and keep down the lateral development. It should be a little gem of bright, quick, vivid form
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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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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