I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of
every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more
elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it.
-- Henry James
every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more
elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it.
-- Henry James
Related:
- Ez to my princerples, I glory
In hevin' nothin' o' the sort.
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers... - I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some
people did.
Henry... - Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I every met.
William... - I hate women because they always know where things are.
James... - It's all so painfully empty and lonesome... I don't think I can stand
any more of it.
the whole dreadful way we are born, die, and are never... - It's all so painfully empty and lonesome... I don't think I can stand
any more of it.
the whole dreadful way we are born, die, and are never... - Are you a parent? Do you sometimes find yourself unsure as to what to
say in those awkward situations?
Worry no more... Do as I say, not as I do. Do me... - I shan't
elaborate... - I am reading Henry James ... and feel myself as one entombed in a
block of smooth amber.
Virginia...
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- I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day
die,
which is not so. -- Stephen Leacock (1869... - We shake papers at each other the way primitive tribes shake spears.
John Jay Osborn, Jr., Author of The... - If you don't like what you are doing, you can always pick up your needle
and move to another groove.
Timothy Leary (1920... - Silence is the best resolve for him who distrusts himself.
(Maxim... - Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
Lazarus Long by Robert A...
