Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
friendship self-esteem integrity
I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
rocks littles trust-me
I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
art crafts economy
In art economy is always beauty.
paris taste merit
...the great merit of the place is that one can arrange one's life here exactly as one pleases...there are facilities for every kind of habit and taste, and everything is accepted and understood.
inspirational determination character
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
reading epic envelopes
Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic.
strong one-love ifs
If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
mistake inspirational-life ambassadors
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.
trying knows
Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.
aunt want said
I always want to know the things one shouldn't do." "So as to do them?" asked her aunt. "So as to choose." said Isabel
beautiful fall autumn
He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
real
Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours.
ifs
He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him.
writing bleeding butchery
I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.