More from Henry James
Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
Henry JamesHenry James Don’t pass it by – the immediate, the real, the ours, the yours, the novelist’s that it waits for.
Henry JamesHenry James Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
Henry JamesHenry James 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 JamesHenry James When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
Henry JamesHenry James Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
Henry JamesHenry James Deep experience is never peaceful.
Henry JamesHenry James Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Henry JamesHenry James It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
Henry JamesHenry James Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
Henry JamesHenry James I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
Henry JamesHenry James I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
Henry JamesHenry James I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
Henry JamesHenry James Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
Henry JamesHenry James Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
Henry JamesHenry James If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
Henry JamesHenry James
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
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Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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