You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
HENRY JAMESMake the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
More Henry James Quotes
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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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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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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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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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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