Henry James
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Kindness is essential — three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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London is so clumsy and brutal that it is almost frivolous to ignore her disfigurement and cruelties.
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London is the heart of the world. It is preferable to be the least whit in its whirl, than to live and own a territory in any other place.
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London is so clumsy and so brutal, and has gathered together so many of the darkest sides of life, that it is almost ridiculous to talk of her as a lover talks of his mistress, and almost frivolous to appear to ignore her disfigurement and cruelties. She is like a mightly ogress who devours human flesh.
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Paris is a city where one can arrange one's life exactly as one pleases. . . There are facilities for every kind of habit and taste, and everything is accepted and understood.