Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
HENRY JAMESNever say you know the last word about any human heart.
More Henry James Quotes
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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.
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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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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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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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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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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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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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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.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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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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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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