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“Life is a predicament which precedes death.”

Henry James · Death

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Henry James

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

History

Henry James

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.

Age

Henry James

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.

Experience

Henry James

In art economy is always beauty.

Beauty