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Henry James quotes: Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation. Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
Henry James quotes: You can do a great many things if you are rich which would be severely criticised if you were poor You can do a great many things if you are rich which would be severely criticised if you were poor
Henry James quotes: What is either a picture or a novel that is not character? What is either a picture or a novel that is not character?
Henry James quotes: She gazed and wondered, like a child or peasant, and paid her silent tribute to visible grandeur. She gazed and wondered, like a child or peasant, and paid her silent tribute to visible grandeur.
Henry James quotes: She is written in a foreign tongue. She is written in a foreign tongue.
Henry James quotes: I never did anything in life to anyone's imagination. I never did anything in life to anyone's imagination.
Henry James quotes: Mrs. Penniman always, even in conversation, italicised her personal pronouns. Mrs. Penniman always, even in conversation, italicised her personal pronouns.
Henry James quotes: Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup. Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
Henry James quotes: She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense. She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.
Henry James quotes: The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself. The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
Henry James quotes: There's no generosity without some sacrifice. There's no generosity without some sacrifice.
Henry James quotes: And magnificently blue and imperturbably quiet - save for the great regular swell of And magnificently blue and imperturbably quiet - save for the great regular swell of
Henry James quotes: The sense of success -the most agreeable emotion of the human heart The sense of success -the most agreeable emotion of the human heart
Henry James quotes: I don't talk for your amusement. I don't talk for your amusement.
Henry James quotes: The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her. The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her.
Henry James quotes: - Do you know I love you ?- I'm sure I don't care whether you do or not ! - Do you know I love you ?
- I'm sure I don't care whether you do or not !
Henry James quotes: own devices, that he own devices, that he
Henry James quotes: Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history. Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
Henry James quotes: But if we may perish by cracks in things that we don't know - But if we may perish by cracks in things that we don't know -
Henry James quotes: Wasn't history full of the destruction of precious things? Wasn't history full of the destruction of precious things?
Henry James quotes: He knew there were disappointments that lasted as long as life. He knew there were disappointments that lasted as long as life.
Henry James quotes: When you are embarrassed, do as you think best, and you will do very well. When you are in a difficulty, judge for yourself. When you are embarrassed, do as you think best, and you will do very well. When you are in a difficulty, judge for yourself.
Henry James quotes: Art without life is a poor affair. Art without life is a poor affair.
Henry James quotes: Typical frivolous always ended by sacrificing to vulgar pleasures. She Typical frivolous always ended by sacrificing to vulgar pleasures. She
Henry James quotes: Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost. Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost.
Henry James quotes: Her real offense was having a mind of her own. Her real offense was having a mind of her own.
Henry James quotes: I don't care anything about reasons, but I know what I like. I don't care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
Henry James quotes: It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools. It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
Henry James quotes: One should try to be one's own best friend and to give one's self, in this manner, distinguished company. One should try to be one's own best friend and to give one's self, in this manner, distinguished company.
Henry James quotes: All intimacies are based on differences. All intimacies are based on differences.
Henry James quotes: Observe perpetually! Observe perpetually!
Henry James quotes: There's nothing so magnificent - for making others feel you - as to have no imagination. There's nothing so magnificent - for making others feel you - as to have no imagination.
Henry James quotes: She has been crying here and going on - she has quite upset me. She has been crying here and going on - she has quite upset me.
Henry James quotes: She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
Henry James quotes: If you haven't had your life what have you had? If you haven't had your life what have you had?
Henry James quotes: New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire. New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire.
Henry James quotes: Sea. I was even glad of what I had learned in the afternoon at the office of the company - that at the eleventh Sea. I was even glad of what I had learned in the afternoon at the office of the company - that at the eleventh
Henry James quotes: Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it. Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it.
Henry James quotes: Was after all a rather mature blossom, such as could be plucked from the stem only by a vigorous jerk. Was after all a rather mature blossom, such as could be plucked from the stem only by a vigorous jerk.
Henry James quotes: It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion. It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion.
Henry James quotes: We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are. We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
Henry James quotes: Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in thefulness of time he got used to it. Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in the
fulness of time he got used to it.
Henry James quotes: Wherever you go, madam, it will matter little what you carry. You will always carry your goodness. Wherever you go, madam, it will matter little what you carry. You will always carry your goodness.
Henry James quotes: It exhibits the effort of an essentially prosaic mind to lift itself, by a prolonged muscular strain, into poetry. It exhibits the effort of an essentially prosaic mind to lift itself, by a prolonged muscular strain, into poetry.
Henry James quotes: It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process. It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of it's process.
Henry James quotes: The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending. The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.
Henry James quotes: And if I wavered for the instant it was not with what I kept back. And if I wavered for the instant it was not with what I kept back.
Henry James quotes: There is no more usual basis of union than a mutual misunderstanding There is no more usual basis of union than a mutual misunderstanding
Henry James quotes: Anger does not last, that way, for years. But there are other things. Impressions last, when they have been strong. Anger does not last, that way, for years. But there are other things. Impressions last, when they have been strong.
Henry James quotes: Cats and monkeys - monkeys and cats - all human life is there! Cats and monkeys - monkeys and cats - all human life is there!
Henry James quotes: Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic. Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.
Henry James quotes: Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare. Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.
Henry James quotes: She gave an envious thought to the happier lot of men, who are always free to plunge into the healing waters of action. She gave an envious thought to the happier lot of men, who are always free to plunge into the healing waters of action.
Henry James quotes: What young man had ever paraded about that way, without a reason, a maiden in her flower? And What young man had ever paraded about that way, without a reason, a maiden in her flower? And
Henry James quotes: Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine. Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.
Henry James quotes: My envy's not dangerous; it wouldn't hurt a mouse. My envy's not dangerous; it wouldn't hurt a mouse.
Henry James quotes: And she really had tones to make justice weep. And she really had tones to make justice weep.
Henry James quotes: We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped. We were alone with the quiet day, and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.
Henry James quotes: The fatal futility of Fact. The fatal futility of Fact.
Henry James quotes: What's a man,' she pursued, 'especially an ambitious one, without a variety of ideas? What's a man,' she pursued, 'especially an ambitious one, without a variety of ideas?
Henry James quotes: He had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days. He had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
Henry James quotes: Nothing irritates me so as the flatness of people's imagination. Nothing irritates me so as the flatness of people's imagination.
Henry James quotes: finished. I had to tell finished. I had to tell
Henry James quotes: I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
Henry James quotes: One's theories, after all, matter little, it is one's humor that is the great thing. One's theories, after all, matter little, it is one's humor that is the great thing.
Henry James quotes: Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don't dine. Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don't dine.
Henry James quotes: Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.
Henry James quotes: To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him. To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.
Henry James quotes: There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without tasting. There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without tasting.
Henry James quotes: Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box. Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.
Henry James quotes: Be one on whom nothing is lost. Be one on whom nothing is lost.
Henry James quotes: Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Henry James quotes: Then again I shifted my eyes-I faced what I had to face. Then again I shifted my eyes-I faced what I had to face.
Henry James quotes: There may be unselfish natures, there may be disinterested feelings. There may be unselfish natures, there may be disinterested feelings.
Henry James quotes: was all very interesting." She continued to look at me. "You don't think that," she then simply stated. "What have I to gain was all very interesting." She continued to look at me. "You don't think that," she then simply stated. "What have I to gain
Henry James quotes: The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have. The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
Henry James quotes: ... a prudent archer has always a second bowstring ... a prudent archer has always a second bowstring
Henry James quotes: I looked at the place with my heart beating as I had known it to do in the dentist's parlor. I looked at the place with my heart beating as I had known it to do in the dentist's parlor.
Henry James quotes: I'll watch with you. I'll watch with you.
Henry James quotes: absence was a sign that when it might be a question of gratifying him she had grown used to spare no pains, and I fancied her rummaging in some absence was a sign that when it might be a question of gratifying him she had grown used to spare no pains, and I fancied her rummaging in some
Henry James quotes: One need not be a rabid Anglican to be extremely sensible to the charm of an English country church ... One need not be a rabid Anglican to be extremely sensible to the charm of an English country church ...
Henry James quotes: I thought with joy of the morrow, I thought with joy of the morrow,
Henry James quotes: My sole wish is to frustrate as utterly as possible the post-mortem exploiter. My sole wish is to frustrate as utterly as possible the post-mortem exploiter.
Henry James quotes: Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open. Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open.
Henry James quotes: Whether or no being hopelessly vulgar is being 'bad' is a question for the metaphysicians. Whether or no being hopelessly vulgar is being 'bad' is a question for the metaphysicians.
Henry James quotes: If you are going to be pushed you had better jump If you are going to be pushed you had better jump
Henry James quotes: However British you may be, I am more British still. However British you may be, I am more British still.
Henry James quotes: She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into opportunities. She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into opportunities.
Henry James quotes: It's time to start living the life you've imagined. It's time to start living the life you've imagined.
Henry James quotes: When Milly smiled it was a public event - when she didn't it was a chapter of history. They When Milly smiled it was a public event - when she didn't it was a chapter of history. They
Henry James quotes: ... there was something superior even in his injustice, and absolute in his mistakes. ... there was something superior even in his injustice, and absolute in his mistakes.
Henry James quotes: The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was in having a mind of her own at all. The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was in having a mind of her own at all.
Henry James quotes: She often wondered indeed if she ever had been, or ever could be, intimate with anyone. She often wondered indeed if she ever had been, or ever could be, intimate with anyone.
Henry James quotes: The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions. The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions.
Henry James quotes: Until you try, you don't know what you can't do. Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.
Henry James quotes: We are divided of course between liking to feel the past strange and liking to feel it familiar. We are divided of course between liking to feel the past strange and liking to feel it familiar.
Henry James quotes: It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything. It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything.
Henry James quotes: He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him. He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him.
Henry James quotes: every one" was out of town perhaps the servants, in the extravagance of their leisure, were profaning the tables. The heat was insufferable every one" was out of town perhaps the servants, in the extravagance of their leisure, were profaning the tables. The heat was insufferable
Henry James quotes: I don't like it, but I'm a person, thank goodness, who can do what I don't like. I don't like it, but I'm a person, thank goodness, who can do what I don't like.

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