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.
HENRY JAMESWhat is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
More Henry James Quotes
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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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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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self; but the point is not only to get out – you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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