One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
HENRY JAMESSummer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
More Henry James Quotes
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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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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Things are always different from what they might be.
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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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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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