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Henry James Quotes
British (US -born) author
| “ | Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
from his essay about the rules of writing | ” |
| “ | Thanks to his constant habit of shaking the bottle in which life handed him the wine of experience, he presently found the taste of the lees rising as usual into his draught.
"The Ambassadors", Book Fourth, Chapter 2 | ” |
| “ | There are women who are for all your 'times of life.' They're the most wonderful sort.
"The Ambassadors", Book Fifth, Chapter 3 | ” |
| “ | Live all you can - it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?
"Ambassadors", 1903 | ” |
| “ | The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
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| “ | Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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| “ | She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. | ” |
| “ | She had an unequalled gift... of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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| “ | It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. | ” |
| “ | It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self- conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them.
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| “ | I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them. | ” |
| “ | Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. | ” |
| “ | Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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