And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
HENRY JAMESA tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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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.
HENRY JAMESYou were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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Things are always different than what they might be…If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.
HENRY JAMESThings are always different than what they might be…If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.
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When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
HENRY JAMESWhen you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
HENRY JAMESWhat is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
HENRY JAMESIt is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
HENRY JAMESDon’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
HENRY JAMESA tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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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.
HENRY JAMESUnder 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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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
HENRY JAMESMoney’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
HENRY JAMESI have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
HENRY JAMESShe had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
HENRY JAMESNever say you know the last word about any human heart.
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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 JAMESI 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.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
HENRY JAMESLife is a predicament which precedes death.
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