Henry James quotes
"She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table."
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"The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting."
"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind."
"Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language."
"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."
"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there."
"Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself."
"Deep experience is never peaceful."
"There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind."