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Quote by Henry James
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always b

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

Other quotes by Henry James

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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Imagination
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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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Henry James
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Other Quotes from
Summer
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I drifted into a summer-nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicadae lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder. – Terri Guillemets

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Summer

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter. – Patricia Briggs

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Summer

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time. – John Lubbock, “Recreation,” The Use of Life, 1894

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Summer

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. – Celia Thaxter

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Summer

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What I take from my nights, I add to my days. – Leon de Rotrou, “Vencelas,” translated

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Night

I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family… the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes. – Adriana Trigiani

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strength

Of all Gods gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. – John Ruskin

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Color

In our dreams we are always young. – Sarah Louise Delany

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Dreams