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Henry James Quotes

Henry James quotes

American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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Henry James quote: "It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he..."
It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion. Henry James
Henry James quote: "He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him."
He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him. Henry James
I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. Henry James
Henry James quote: "You young men have too many jokes. When there are no jokes..."
You young men have too many jokes. When there are no jokes you've nothing left. Henry James
Henry James quote: "The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never..."
The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman. Henry James
Henry James quote: "I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements..."
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. Henry James
Henry James quote: "What is character but the determination of incident?"
What is character but the determination of incident? Henry James
There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither. Henry James
Henry James quote: "What is character but the determination of incident? What is..."
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character? Henry James
Henry James quote: "Oh," said Catherine, with some eagerness, "it doesn't take..."
Oh," said Catherine, with some eagerness, "it doesn't take long to like a person—when once you begin. Henry James
Henry James quote: "and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that..."
...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everything. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours."
Don't pass it by--the immediate, the real, the only, the yours. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Nothing exceeds the license occasionally taken by the..."
Nothing exceeds the license occasionally taken by the imagination of very rigid people. Henry James
Henry James quote: " was after all a rather mature blossom, such as could be..."
... was after all a rather mature blossom, such as could be plucked from the stem only by a rigorous jerk. Henry James
Henry James quote: "She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which..."
She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth. Henry James

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