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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
HENRY JAMES

Alternation Darkness Dazzle Lighthouse Like Pitch Revolve
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
HENRY JAMES

Character Determination Fact Illustration Incident
Imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.
HENRY JAMES

Country Forever Forget Generally Great Illusion Mankind Narrow People Sense Small Stand Unhappy Wake
Things are always different from what they might be.
HENRY JAMES

Always Different Look might Thing Visible
The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
HENRY JAMES

Life Man Novel Object Represent
If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
HENRY JAMES

Country Elaborate English Favor Language Name People Person Pronounce Way
She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
HENRY JAMES

Especially Gift Hand Mistake Opportunity Pen Small Squeeze Unqualified
Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
HENRY JAMES

Help Humanity More Nothing Respect Shadow
You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
HENRY JAMES

Act Brain Clever Good Knowledge Nothing Unless
Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
HENRY JAMES

Anything Case Class Health Infatuation Men never Nine Ninety Other People Superstitioyus Themselves Women Young
Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
HENRY JAMES

Character Form Like Much Open Pill Rose Tender Tight Try Young
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
HENRY JAMES

Always Force History Idea Infinite Make Personality Power Truth Union
If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
HENRY JAMES

Love More One String Strong Support
I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
HENRY JAMES

Age Agree Axcess Chilled Embrace Occasion Possibility Regret Responsive Single Think
One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
HENRY JAMES

Addiction Before Cruel Eager Forty Hard Ignorant Judge Much Too
She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
HENRY JAMES

Astaire Constant Curiosity Immense Life Wonder

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