I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

Quote by Henry James

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Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other...

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort....

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort....

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second...

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is...

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is...

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to...

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to...

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the...

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the...

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which...

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated...

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

We work n the dark - we do what we can - we give what...

We work n the dark - we do what we can - we give what...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man?...

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man?...

Coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! I mean, why can't all decent men and...

Coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! I mean, why can't all decent men and...