However British you may be, I am more British still.
HENRY JAMESGod’s creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.
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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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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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.
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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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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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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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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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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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