True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self; but the point is not only to get out – you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.
HENRY JAMESIt is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
More Henry James Quotes
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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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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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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To 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.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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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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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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