He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
HENRY JAMESTo establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
More Henry James Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
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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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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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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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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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