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.
HENRY JAMESIf I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
More Henry James Quotes
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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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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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
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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.
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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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Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
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In other words summarise intensely and deeply and keep down the lateral development. It should be a little gem of bright, quick, vivid form
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.
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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.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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