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
infinite innocent pleasure
Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
worst expected
I've always expected the worst, and it's always worse than I expected.
illustration media mind
The faculty of attention has utterly vanished from the Anglo-Saxon mind, extinguished at its source by the big bayad?re of journalism, of the newspaper and the picture magazine which keeps screaming, "Look at me." Illustrations, loud simplifications... bill poster advertising ? only these stand a chance.
loyalty country school
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manors, nor old country-houses, nor parsonages, nor thatched cottages nor ivied ruins no cathedrals, nor abbeys, nor little Norman churches no great Universities nor public schools -- no Oxford, nor Eton, nor Harrow no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class -- no Epsom nor Ascot Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in American life.
havens ifs
If you haven't had your life what have you had?
unions usual bases
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
savannah taste cups
I recall my fleeting instants in Savannah as the taste of a cup charged to the brim.
eggs might done
It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it.
darkness lighthouse revolving
She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
ironic irony underestimate
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.
crafts easy premium
That accurst autobiographic form which puts a premium on the loose, the improvised, the cheap, and the easy.
tongue natural englishmen
An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.
kissing white sensual
His kiss was like white lightning, a flash that spread, and spread again, and stayed.
london form city-life
London is on the whole the most possible form of life.