"Experience is never limited, and it is never complete"

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Source : "The Art of Fiction" (1884)

Henry James

“Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton.”
“Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.”
“I want you to know there's nothing... nothing to be afraid of. On one side, there's life. And on the other...there's life, too.”
“The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.”
“Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted.”
“Life is all getting used to what you're not used to.”

Source : Paula Fox (2016). “Western Wind”, p.15, Open Road Media
“We grew to our present size almost against ourselves. It was not a deliberately planned commercial venture in the sense that I sat down and said that we were going to make ourselves into a huge financial octopus. We evolved by necessity. We did not sit down and say to ourselves, 'How can we make a big pile of dough?' It just happened.”
“I'm always on the market for a new friend, period. As your success continues to grow, you start to see who your real friends are. But I'm always looking for wonderful people to have in my life that have no agenda and aren't fake friends.”

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