I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I’m very glad therefore you’ve been a part of it.
HENRY JAMESI don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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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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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
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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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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
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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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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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