She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
HENRY JAMESThe artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
More Henry James Quotes
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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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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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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
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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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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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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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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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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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To myself – today – I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.
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I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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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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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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