I have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated.
Henry JamesThree things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Henry JamesCriticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
Henry JamesI had an excellent repast - the best repast possible - which consisted simply of boiled eggs and bread and butter. It was the quality of these simple ingredients that made the occasion memorable. The eggs were so good that I am ashamed to say how many of them I consumed ....It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can be reasonably expected of it.
Henry James