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Henry James quotes

American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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Henry James quote: "I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really..."
I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it..."
Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live Henry James
She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine. Henry James
Henry James quote: "When it's for each other that people give things up theydon't..."
When it's for each other that people give things up theydon't miss them Henry James
Henry James quote: "She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing..."
She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into opportunities. Henry James
Henry James quote: "he felt the whole vision turn to darkness and his very feet..."
...he felt the whole vision turn to darkness and his very feet give way. His head went round; he was going; he had gone. Henry James
Henry James quote: "I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin."
I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Anger does not last, that way, for years. But there are other..."
Anger does not last, that way, for years. But there are other things. Impressions last, when they have been strong. Henry James
Poor Catherine's dignity was not aggressive; it never sat in state; but if you pushed far enough you could find it. Her father had pushed very far. Henry James
The Baroness found it amusing to go to tea; she dressed as if for dinner. The tea-table offered an anomalous and picturesque repast; and on leaving it they all sat and talked in the large piazza, or wandered about the garden in the starlight. Henry James
Henry James quote: "To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can..."
To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him. Henry James
Henry James quote: "There is only one recipe - to care a great deal for the cookery."
There is only one recipe - to care a great deal for the cookery. Henry James
...and with this reminder other things came to her -- how strange it was that, with all allowance for their merit, it should befall some people to be so inordinantly valued, quoted, as they said in the stock-market, so high, and how still stranger, perhaps, that there should be cases in which, for some reason, one didn't mind the so frequently marked absence in them of the purpose really to represent their price. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of..."
Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions. Henry James
Henry James quote: "It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature."
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James

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