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> [Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence conduces to effect, blatancy ruins it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/reticence-may-be-an-elderly-doctrine-to-preach-yet-from-the-artistic/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

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## More by M. R. James

> [Do I believe in ghosts?...I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/do-i-believe-in-ghosts-i-am-prepared-to-consider-evidence-and-accept/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

> [“Two ingredients most valuable in the concocting of a ghost story are the atmosphere and the nicely managed crescendo …Let us, then, be introduced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/two-ingredients-most-valuable-in-the-concocting-of-a-ghost-story-are/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

> [A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical: it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/a-ghost-story-of-which-the-scene-is-laid-in-the-twelfth-or-thirteenth/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

> [Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/reticence-may-be-an-elderly-doctrine-to-preach-yet-from-the-artistic/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

> [Yes, I definitely prefer the daylight population of the playing fields to that which comes there after dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/yes-i-definitely-prefer-the-daylight-population-of-the-playing-fields/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

> [I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-james/i-heard-one-cry-in-the-night-and-i-heard-one-laugh-afterwards-if-i/)

[M. R. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-james/)

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