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.
HENRY JAMESCats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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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.
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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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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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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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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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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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