It's time to start living the life you've imagined.
Henry JamesStichwörter: inspirational-quotes
To her mind there was nothing of the infinite about Mrs. Penniman; Catherine saw her all at once, as it were, and was not dazzled by the apparition; whereas her father's great faculties seemed, as they stretched away, to lose themselves in a sort of luminous vagueness, which indicated, not that they stopped, but that Catherine's own mind ceased to follow them.
Henry JamesI have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated.
Henry James[A happy ending is] a distribution at the last of prizes, pensions, husbands, wives, babies, millions, appended paragraphs, and cheerful remarks.
Henry JamesThere is an old-fashioned distinction between the novel of character and the novel of incident, which must have cost many a smile to the intending romancer who was keen about his work. It appears to me as little to the point as the equally celebrated distinction between the novel and the romance- to answer as little to any reality. There are bad novels and good novels, as there are bad pictures and good pictures; but that is the only distinction in which I see any meaning, and I can as little imagine speaking of a novel of character as I can imagine speaking of a picture of character. When one says picture, one says of character, when one says novel, one says of incident, and the terms may be transposed. What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? What is a picture or a novel that is not of character? What else do we seek in it and find in it?
Henry JamesThe historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma
Henry JamesStichwörter: history
Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.
Henry JamesStichwörter: wisdom inspirational
I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
Henry JamesStichwörter: patriotic
We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have.
Henry JamesFeel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live
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