Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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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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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.
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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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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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