To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that — this doubtless is the right way to live.


Notebook entry, London, 1889-05-12.

Henry James Quotes

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that ...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that ...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that ...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived — to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that ...