Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she should find herself in a difficult position, so that she might have the pleasure of being as heroic as the occasion demanded.
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history. - Henry James
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
- Henry James
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. - Henry James
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
I have lived too long in foreign parts - Henry James
I have lived too long in foreign parts
In art economy is always beauty. - Henry James
In art economy is always beauty.
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. - Henry James
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. - Henry James
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself. - Henry James
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. - Henry James
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
We must for dear life make our own counter-realities. - Henry James
We must for dear life make our own counter-realities.
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