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“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.”

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Henry James

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Death

Henry James

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Truth

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

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