All Henry James Quotes
- ...I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills… All
- One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant. Addition
- Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more… Abolish
- It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games Every Game
- There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without… Always People
- Make (the reader) think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications. My values are positively all blanks,… All
- True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay… Absorbing
- He valued life and literature equally for the light they threw upon each other; to his mind one implied the other; he was unable to… Apart
- You are good for nothing unless you are clever. Clever
- Things are always different from what they might be. Always Different
- No, no—there are depths, depths! The more I go over it, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the… Depth
- It was the way the autumn day looked into the high windows as it waned; the way the red light, breaking at the close from… Autumn
- And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved. Been
- Excellence does not require perfection. Doe
- I take up my own pen again - the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles. To myself - today - I… All
- To live only to suffer—only to feel the injury of life repeated and enlarged—it seemed to her she was too valuable, too capable, for that.… All
- do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?†“Good for what?†asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless… Asked
- Keep making the movements of life. Funny
- 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… All
- Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. All