“She had never met a woman who had less of that fault which is the principal obstacle to friendship - the air… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Our friend was slightly nervous; that went with his character as a student of fine prose, went with the artist’s general disposition… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Madame Merle had once said that, in her belief, when a friendship ceased to grow, it immediately began to decline - there… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. — Henry James Copy Share Image
“It would have been absurd of him to trace into ramifications the effect of the ribbon from which Miss Gostrey’s trinket depended,… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“...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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games — Henry James Copy Share Image
