If an individual’s morals are situational, that individual is without morals. If a nation’s laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn’t a nation.
~ William Gibson
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Eras are conveniences, particularly for those who never experienced them. We carve history from totalities beyond our grasp. Bolt labels on the result. Handles. Then speak of the handles as though they were things in themselves.
~ William Gibson
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It’s a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.
~ Henry James
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True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self; but the point is not only to get out — you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.
~ Henry James
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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.
~ 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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