What did Henry James mean by: It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools. Henry James Author · USA Copy
She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy! Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Contrast, Darkness, Light, 0 Henry James Author · USA
We are divided of course between liking to feel the past strange and liking to feel it familiar. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Division, Familiarity, Nostalgia, 0 Henry James Author · USA
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Evolution, Innovation, Preservation, 0 Henry James Author · USA
The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Gratitude, Luck, Time, 0 Henry James Author · USA
If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Action, Motivation, Productivity, 0 Henry James Author · USA
My sole wish is to frustrate as utterly as possible the post-mortem exploiter. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Exploitation, Frustration, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Contradiction, Temptation, Wealth, 0 Henry James Author · USA
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Perception, Reflection, Self-discovery, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
