There were always people to snatch at you, and it would nev… - Henry James

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There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without tasting.

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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I'm a perfectly equipped failure. (...) 'Thank goodness you're a failure- it's why I so distinguish you! Anything else to-day is too hideous. Look about you- look at the successes. Would you be one, on your honour?

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

— his indescribable little air of knowing nothing in the world but love.

There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without tasting. - Henry James

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