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.
HENRY JAMESInnocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
More Henry James Quotes
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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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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Instead of leading to the high places of happiness, from which the world would seem to lie below one, so that one could look down with a sense of exaltation and advantage, and judge and choose and pity.
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Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
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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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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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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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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
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