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Alice James Quotes

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape Picture Quote #1

The gain isn’t counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency Picture Quote #1

How sick one gets of being ‘good’, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness Picture Quote #1

I wonder, whether, if I had had any education I should have been more, or less, of a fool than I am. It would have deprived me surely of those exquisite moments of mental flatulence which every now and then inflate the cerebral vacuum with a delicious sense of latent possibilities-of stretching oneself to cosmic limits, and who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge? Picture Quote #1

How sick one gets of being “good,” how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness Picture Quote #1

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected Picture Quote #1

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How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind Picture Quote #1

Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity Picture Quote #1

It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose! Picture Quote #1

Who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge? Picture Quote #1

Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected Picture Quote #1

How heroic to be able to suppress one’s vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard Picture Quote #1

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What a sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which everyone else is reading Picture Quote #1

I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience Picture Quote #1

Ah! Those strange people who have the courage to be unhappy! Are they unhappy, by the way? Picture Quote #1

The gain isn’t counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency Picture Quote #1

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more Picture Quote #1

If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich Picture Quote #1

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It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon Picture Quote #1

You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is satisfied Picture Quote #1

The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape Picture Quote #1

The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can’t tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in? Picture Quote #1

Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul Picture Quote #1

I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am Picture Quote #1

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The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. (Alice James Quotes) The gain isn’t counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency. (Alice James Quotes) How sick one gets of being ‘good’, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness. (Alice James Quotes) I wonder, whether, if I had had any education I should have been more, or less, of a fool than I am. It would have deprived me surely of those exquisite moments of mental flatulence which every now and then inflate the cerebral vacuum with a delicious sense of latent possibilities-of stretching oneself to cosmic limits, and who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge? (Alice James Quotes) How sick one gets of being “good,” how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness (Alice James Quotes) Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected (Alice James Quotes) How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind (Alice James Quotes) Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity (Alice James Quotes) It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose! (Alice James Quotes) Who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge? (Alice James Quotes) Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected (Alice James Quotes) How heroic to be able to suppress one’s vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard (Alice James Quotes) What a sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which everyone else is reading (Alice James Quotes) I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience (Alice James Quotes) Ah! Those strange people who have the courage to be unhappy! Are they unhappy, by the way? (Alice James Quotes) The gain isn’t counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency (Alice James Quotes) I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more (Alice James Quotes) If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich (Alice James Quotes) It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon (Alice James Quotes) You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is satisfied (Alice James Quotes) The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape (Alice James Quotes) The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can’t tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in? (Alice James Quotes) Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul (Alice James Quotes) I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am (Alice James Quotes)