I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.
HENRY JAMESI think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
More Henry James Quotes
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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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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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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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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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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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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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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