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> [“It seemed to him he had waited an age for some stir of the great grim hush; the life of the town was itself under a spell--so unnaturally, up and down the whole prospect of known and rather ugly objects,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/it-seemed-to-him-he-had-waited-an-age-for-some-stir-of-the-great-grim/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

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## More by Henry James

> [Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/though-there-are-some-disagreeable-things-in-venice-there-is-nothing/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“In literature we move through a blest world in which we know nothing except by style, but in which everything is saved by it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/in-literature-we-move-through-a-blest-world-in-which-we-know-nothing/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“I shall stay here as long as I may, I don't want to think — I needn't think. I don't care for anything but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/i-shall-stay-here-as-long-as-i-may-i-don-t-want-to-think-i-needn-t/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any day of the year, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/it-often-seemed-to-her-that-she-thought-too-much-about-herself-you/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“I reflected acutely that the sense of such differences, such superiorities of quality, always, on the part of the majority—which could include even stupid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/i-reflected-acutely-that-the-sense-of-such-differences-such/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“She had had a real fright but had fallen back to earth. The odd thing was that in her fall her fear too had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/she-had-had-a-real-fright-but-had-fallen-back-to-earth-the-odd-thing/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/i-ought-to-tell-you-i-m-probably-your-cousin/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“She had never met a woman who had less of that fault which is the principal obstacle to friendship - the air of reproducing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/she-had-never-met-a-woman-who-had-less-of-that-fault-which-is-the/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [London is on the whole the most possible form of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/london-is-on-the-whole-the-most-possible-form-of-life/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/if-you-have-work-to-do-don-t-wait-to-feel-like-it-set-to-work-and-you/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“She answered that she liked standing up and”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/she-answered-that-she-liked-standing-up-and/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/it-is-no-wonder-he-wins-every-game-he-has-never-done-a-thing-in-his/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [Make (the reader) think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications. My values are positively all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/make-the-reader-think-the-evil-make-him-think-it-for-himself-and-you/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [“It was the air she wanted and the world she would now exclusively choose; the quiet chambers, nobly overwhelming, rich but slightly veiled, opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/it-was-the-air-she-wanted-and-the-world-she-would-now-exclusively/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

> [The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/the-time-honored-bread-sauce-of-the-happy-ending/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

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