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
character mean giving
She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity.
character reality color
The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business in face of the constant force that makes for muddlement. The great thing is indeed that the muddled state too is one of the very sharpest of the realities, that it also has color and form and character, has often in fact a broad and rich comicality.
character rose trying
Don't try so much to form your character - it's like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose. Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
character care take-care
Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.
writing character novel
What is either a picture or a novel that is not character?
character ideas two
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
inspirational determination character
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
matter mistake
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
afternoon agreeable ceremony dedicated few hour hours known life
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
cat animal monkeys
Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
giving interesting people
I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
four national
We can have four national championships. That's the plan.
beast begun figured happen solitude
What could the thing that was to happen to him be, after all, but just this thing that had begun to happen? Her dying, her death, his consequent solitude - that was what he had figured as the beast in the jungle.
egg harbor leads people
She is the one who leads the people of Little Egg Harbor to freedom.