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American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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Our men have been real Frenchmen, and their wives--I may say it--have been worthy of them. You may see all their portraits at our house in Auvergne; every one of them an "injured" beauty, but not one of them hanging her head. Not one of them had the bad taste to be jealous... These are great traditions, and it doesn't seem to me fair that a little American bourgeoise should come in and pretend to alter them, and should hang her photograph, with her obstinate little "air penche Henry James
It had belonged to that idea of the exasperated consciousness of his victim to become a real test for him; since he had quite put it to himself from the first that, oh distinctly! he could "cultivate" his whole perception. He had felt it as above all open to cultivation--which indeed was but another name for his manner of spending his time. He was bringing it on, bringing it to perfection, by practice; in consequence of which it had grown so fine that he was now aware of impressions,... Henry James
Henry James quote: "Ah darling, goodness, I think, never brought any one out...."
Ah darling, goodness, I think, never brought any one out. Goodness, when it's real, precisely, rather keeps people IN. Henry James
She had had a real fright but had fallen back to earth. The odd thing was that in her fall her fear too had been dashed down and broken. It was gone. Henry James
Henry James quote: "It was the abyss of human illusion that was the real, the..."
It was the abyss of human illusion that was the real, the tideless deep. Henry James
Henry James quote: "The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was in having a..."
The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was in having a mind of her own at all. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours."
Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours. Henry James

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