We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generositie.

Henry James

Tag: novels generosity training



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It had come back to him simply that what he had been looking at all summer was a very rich and beautiful world, and that it had not all been made by sharp railroad men and stock-brokers.

Henry James


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Which of my two critics was I to believe? I didn't worry about it and very soon made up my mind they were both idiots.

Henry James


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Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor translation...

Henry James


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She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense.

Henry James


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His serenity was but the array of wild flowers niched in his ruin.

Henry James


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...the passion of love separated its victim terribly from everyone but the loved object.

Henry James


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And much addicted to speaking the truth. In her younger years she was a good deal of a romp, and, though it is an awkward confession to make about one's heroine, I must add that she was something of a glutton.

Henry James


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New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire.

Henry James

Tag: new-york-city



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Oh," said Catherine, with some eagerness, "it doesn't take long to like a person—when once you begin.

Henry James


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