“Oh," said Catherine, with some eagerness, "it doesn't take long to like a person—when once you begin.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Catherine, who was extremely modest, had no desire to shine, and on most social occasions, as they are called, you would have… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Poor Catherine's dignity was not aggressive; it never sat in state; but if you pushed far enough you could find it. Her… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Catherine had not understood all that she said; her attention was given to enjoying Marian’s ease of manner and flow of ideas.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“To her mind there was nothing of the infinite about Mrs. Penniman; Catherine saw her all at once, as it were, and… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. — Henry James Copy Share
“In literature we move through a blest world in which we know nothing except by style, but in which everything is saved by it.” — Henry James Copy Share
“I shall stay here as long as I may, I don't want to think — I needn't think. I don't care for anything but… — Henry James Copy Share
“...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any day of the year, by… — Henry James Copy Share
“I reflected acutely that the sense of such differences, such superiorities of quality, always, on the part of the majority—which could include even stupid,… — Henry James Copy Share
“She had had a real fright but had fallen back to earth. The odd thing was that in her fall her fear too had… — Henry James Copy Share
“She had never met a woman who had less of that fault which is the principal obstacle to friendship - the air of reproducing… — Henry James Copy Share
If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it. — Henry James Copy Share
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games — Henry James Copy Share
Make (the reader) think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications. My values are positively all… — Henry James Copy Share
“It was the air she wanted and the world she would now exclusively choose; the quiet chambers, nobly overwhelming, rich but slightly veiled, opened… — Henry James Copy Share
