Author Topic: ~ Henry James Quotes ~  (Read 1276 times)

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~ Henry James Quotes ~
« on: October 08, 2014, 09:13:52 PM »
Henry James Quotes


An American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

Here are some famous quotes by Henry James. 




Deep experience is never peaceful.

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Re: ~ Henry James Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2014, 09:14:34 PM »
Cats and monkeys - monkeys and cats - all human life is there.

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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2014, 09:15:42 PM »
Money's a horrid thing to follow but a charming thing to meet.

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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2014, 09:16:32 PM »
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2014, 09:17:21 PM »
We must grant the artist his subject his idea his donnee: Our criticisms apply only to what he makes of it.

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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2014, 09:18:05 PM »
Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

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« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2014, 09:18:45 PM »
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy ... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?

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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2014, 09:19:27 PM »
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?

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Re: ~ Henry James Quotes ~
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2014, 09:20:11 PM »
The real offence as she ultimately perceived was her having a mind of her own at all. Her mind was to be his - attached to his own like a small garden plot to a deer park.

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« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2014, 09:21:00 PM »
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 out and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.