You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
HENRY JAMESAnd remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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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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Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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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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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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