"Once you've put one of his [Henry..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”
“When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.”
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.”
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“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.”
“Out in the world not much happened. But here in the special night, a land bricked with paper and leather anything might happen, always did.”
“Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller.”
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“Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.”
“Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth”
“News Coverage!! As news expose rather than cover events.”