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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games

Henry James

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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.

HENRY JAMES

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.
HENRY JAMES

Dark Doubt Give
To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.

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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
HENRY JAMES

Child Motivation
To myself – today – I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.

HENRY JAMES

To myself – today – I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.
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Indeed Large May Work More Say Today
There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.

HENRY JAMES

There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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Basis More Mutual Union Usual
If I should certainly say to a novice, ‘Write from experience and experience only,’ I should feel that this was rather a tantalizing monition if I were not careful immediately to add, ‘Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.’

HENRY JAMES

If I should certainly say to a novice, ‘Write from experience and experience only,’ I should feel that this was rather a tantalizing monition if I were not careful immediately to add, ‘Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.’
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Careful Certainty Feel Immediate Monition Novice Only Rather Say Tantalize Write
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.

HENRY JAMES

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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Feel Incapable Say Tell
Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.

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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
HENRY JAMES

Infinite
It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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Aberration Fool never Permitted
You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.

HENRY JAMES

You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
HENRY JAMES

Because Must Part Simply
To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.

HENRY JAMES

To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
HENRY JAMES

Actual Doubt Out Something Taken Without
Don’t pass it by – the immediate, the real, the ours, the yours, the novelist’s that it waits for.

HENRY JAMES

Don’t pass it by – the immediate, the real, the ours, the yours, the novelist’s that it waits for.
HENRY JAMES

Immediate Novelist Our Pass Real
You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.

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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
HENRY JAMES

Ook Punish Wish
If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
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Efficiency Feel Like Set
You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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Nothing Unless
I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.

HENRY JAMES

I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
HENRY JAMES

Own Page Take
Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.

HENRY JAMES

Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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Detail Make Pulse Rhythm Selection Succinct Tremendous Very

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