Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
HENRY JAMESSorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
More Henry James Quotes
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
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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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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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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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His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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