Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars… - Henry James

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Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in the
fulness of time he got used to it.

Henry James

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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of renowned philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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Alternative Names: Henricus James

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I'm yours for ever — for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong.

Oh we're not loved. We're not even hated. We're only just sweetly ignored.

Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in the fulness of time he got used to it. - Henry James

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