The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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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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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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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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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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His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
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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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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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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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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
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One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
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