I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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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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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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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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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.
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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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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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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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