Quotes of Henry James

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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

- Henry James

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“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ We don’t really care for things that we get easily in life. Life always needs to be served hot. ”

- Subhasis Das

“ If you listen more, you will judge less; and when you judge less, you will appreciate differences; and you will be more happy. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go. ”

- Randall Munroe

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through selfgratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ”

- Helen Keller

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ My poetry has been engraved with your name And my heart is by your memory scarred ”

- Zubair Ahsan

“ Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. ”

- Joan Crawford

“ I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. ”

- St. Augustine of Hippo

“ A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back. ”

- Marissa Meyer

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ The pillow looked astonished, wondering what ended the late night river that used to run through it, but only he knows that she is the reason ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ Family where life begins & love never ends. ”

- Unknown

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ Drunk and alone and hopelessly in love with the idea that someday somehow it might just get better. ”

- Stefanie Sybens

“ There are no trips to your past that are free ”

- Michalopoulos Angelos