The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
HENRY JAMESAmericans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
More Henry James Quotes
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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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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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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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