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
lost loses
You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
love remember hated
And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.
food cooking sprinkles
Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
inspirational life art
We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
perfection excellence doe
Excellence does not require perfection.
inspirational life time
To take what there is in life 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.
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.
overrated ifs
If this was love, love had been overrated.
i-hate-you doors imagination
Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
home patriotic thinking
I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
tongue written
She is written in a foreign tongue.
ifs
He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him.
real
Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours.