There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
HENRY JAMES
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
More Henry James Quotes
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There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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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 artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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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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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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