Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
HENRY JAMESThere’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
More Henry James Quotes
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
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We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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