And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
Henry James
Dual Emotions, Acceptance, Complexity, Love, Hate, Balance
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More Henry James Quotes
“The flash of this knowledge – for it was knowledge in the midst of dread – produced in me the most extraordinary effect.” Henry James
Knowledge, Dread, Insight, Emotions, Transformation, Realization
Henry James Knowledge, Dread, Insight, Emotions, Transformation, Realization“It was the way the autumn day looked into the high windows as it waned; the way the red light, breaking at the close from under a low sombre sky, reached out in a long shaft and played over old wainscots, old tapestry, old gold, old colour.” Henry James
Observation, Atmosphere, Emotion, Reflection, Aesthetics, Tranquility
Henry James Observation, Atmosphere, Emotion, Reflection, Aesthetics, Tranquility“There’s no way to do that, Miss Archer. I won’t say that if you refuse me you’ll kill me; I shall not die of it. But I shall do worse; I shall live to no purpose.” Henry James
Rejection, Pain, Purpose, Existence, Loneliness, Resilience
Henry James Rejection, Pain, Purpose, Existence, Loneliness, Resilience“Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James
Summer Beauty, English Elegance, Summer, Elegance, English, Beauty
Henry James Summer Beauty, English Elegance, Summer, Elegance, English, Beauty“This was the sound he cherished when alone in the stillness of his rooms. He sought and guarded the stillness, so that it might prevail there till the inevitable sounds of life, once more, comparatively coarse and harsh, should smother and deaden it – doubtless by the same process with which they would officiously heal the ache in his soul that was somehow one with it.” Henry James
Cherished Solitude, Inner Stillness, Sound, Stillness, Solitude, Ache
Henry James Cherished Solitude, Inner Stillness, Sound, Stillness, Solitude, Ache“Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better.” Henry James
Storytelling, Reflection, Narrative, Picture, Idea, Creativity
Henry James Storytelling, Reflection, Narrative, Picture, Idea, Creativity“He would agree that life is a little worth living — or worth living a little; but would remark that, unfortunately, to live little enough, we have to live a great deal.” Henry James
Life Paradox, Worth Living, Life, Worth, Paradox, Living
Henry James Life Paradox, Worth Living, Life, Worth, Paradox, Living“Her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it.” Henry James
Charm, Wit, Sarcasm, Beauty, Playfulness, Subtlety
Henry James Charm, Wit, Sarcasm, Beauty, Playfulness, Subtlety“We must for dear life make our own counter-realities.” Henry James
Counter Realities, Life Creation, Personal Perspectives, Surreal Reflections, Existential Truths, Reality Shaping
Henry James Counter Realities, Life Creation, Personal Perspectives, Surreal Reflections, Existential Truths, Reality Shaping“But for a nice girl you do attract the most unnatural people.” Henry James
Relationships, Perception, Unconventional, Interaction, Curiosity, Complexity
Henry James Relationships, Perception, Unconventional, Interaction, Curiosity, Complexity“The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.” Henry James
Literature, Imagination, Civilization, Nature, Mastery, Secrets
Henry James Literature, Imagination, Civilization, Nature, Mastery, Secrets“I have heard many a young unmarried lady exclaim with a bold sweep of conception, “Ah me! I wish I were a widow!” Mrs. Keith was precisely the widow that young unmarried ladies wish to be. With her diamonds in her dressing-case and her carriage in her stable, and without a feather’s weight of encumbrance, she offered a finished example of satisfied ambition.” Henry James
Widowhood Perspective, Satisfied Ambition, Young Ladies, Idealized Life, Unmarried Views, Bold Conceptions
Henry James Widowhood Perspective, Satisfied Ambition, Young Ladies, Idealized Life, Unmarried Views, Bold Conceptions“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 of the earth are in a conspiracy to undervalue them.” Henry James
National Ego, Self-Awareness, Confidence, Perception, Distrust
Henry James National Ego, Self-Awareness, Confidence, Perception, Distrust“To treat a big subject in the intensely summarized fashion demanded by an evening’s traffic of the stage when the evening, freely clipped at each end, is reduced to two hours and a half, is a feat of which the difficulty looms large.” Henry James
Summary, Theater, Complexity, Stage, Performance, Difficulty
Henry James Summary, Theater, Complexity, Stage, Performance, Difficulty“They have the manners to be silent, and you, trusted as you are, the baseness to speak!” Henry James
Silence, Betrayal, Hypocrisy, Trust, Deception, Respect
Henry James Silence, Betrayal, Hypocrisy, Trust, Deception, Respect“What it all amounted to, oddly enough, was that in his finally so simplified world this garden of death gave him the few square feet of earth on which he could still most live.” Henry James
Simplicity, Reflection, Solitude, Life, Death, Growth
Henry James Simplicity, Reflection, Solitude, Life, Death, Growth“There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.” Henry James
Taste, Emotions, Recognition, Surprise, Perception, Experience
Henry James Taste, Emotions, Recognition, Surprise, Perception, Experience“It all left her, as she wandered off, with the strangest of impressions – the sense, forced upon her as never yet, of an appeal, a positive confidence, from the four pairs of eyes, that was deeper than any negation and that seemed to speak on the part of each for some relation to be contrived by her, a relation with herself, which would spare the individual the danger, the actual present strain, of the relation with the others. They.” Henry James
Deep Impressions, Wandering Thoughts, Positive Confidence, Eyes Appeal, Relational Strain, Personal Connection
Henry James Deep Impressions, Wandering Thoughts, Positive Confidence, Eyes Appeal, Relational Strain, Personal Connection