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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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Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James

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I think I dont regret a single excess of my responsive youth – I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didnt embrace. – Henry James

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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience. – Carl Clinton Van Doren

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Love doesnt grow on trees like apples in Eden – its something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too. – Joyce Cary

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Trapped by reality, freed by imagination. – Nicolas Manetta

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Use your imagination, and youll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care. – Mark Haddon

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