Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
HENRY JAMESWe must know, as much as possible, in our beautiful art…what we are talking about and the only way to know is to have lived and loved and cursed and floundered and enjoyed and suffered.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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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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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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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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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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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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