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.
HENRY JAMESA tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I’m very glad therefore you’ve been a part of it.
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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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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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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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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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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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