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- 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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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.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
HENRY JAMESArt is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
HENRY JAMESLove has nothing to do with good reasons.
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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.
HENRY JAMESIt 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.
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Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
HENRY JAMESSorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
HENRY JAMESI think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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Things are always different than what they might be…If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.
HENRY JAMESThings are always different than what they might be…If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
HENRY JAMESI hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better.
HENRY JAMESEvery good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better.
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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
HENRY JAMESThere’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
HENRY JAMESWe care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
HENRY JAMESLive as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
HENRY JAMESAnd remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort.
HENRY JAMESI hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort.
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Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
HENRY JAMESCriticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
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