She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
HENRY JAMESExcellence does not require perfection.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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