Quote by Henry James
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a ce

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master. – Henry James

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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. – Henry James

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Coffee (or Tea)
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One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left. – Henry James

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Civilization
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Imagination
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People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up. – Tom Robbins

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Imagination

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses. – David E. Kelley

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Imagination

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world. – Ashley Judd

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Imagination

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. – Victor Hugo

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Imagination

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The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. – Ayn Rand

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