All Henry James Quotes
- It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools. Aberration
- Her memory's your love. You want no other. Inspirational
- 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… Actual
- I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin. Cousin
- Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is… Great
- You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the… Allowed
- The women one meets - what are they but books one has already read? You're a library of the unknown, the uncut. Upon my word… Already Read
- Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable. Don T
- I don't care about anything but you, and that's enough for the present. I want you to be happy--not to think of anything sad; only… Anything Sad
- I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be… Disappointed
- She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it… All
- She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into opportunities. Big
- I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. Esteem
- She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. Courses
- I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. Able
- She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth. Blue
- It's time to start living the life you've imagined. Acting
- I have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated. Effort
- We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have. Dark
- You seemed to me to be soaring far up in the blue - to be sailing in the bright light, over the heads of men.… Blue