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Henry James quotes

American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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Henry James quote: "Things are always different from what they might be."
Things are always different from what they might be. Henry James
Henry James quote: "However British you may be, I am more British still."
However British you may be, I am more British still. Henry James
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting. Henry James
Henry James quote: "I’ll watch with you."
I’ll watch with you. Henry James
The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma Henry James
..if I dont do something on the grand scale, it is that my genius is altogether imitative, and that I have nor recently encountered any very striking models of grandeur. Henry James
Henry James quote: "and if I wavered for the instant it was not with what I kept..."
and if I wavered for the instant it was not with what I kept back. Henry James
Henry James quote: "if you are going to be pushed you had better jump"
if you are going to be pushed you had better jump Henry James
Henry James quote: "Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is..."
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. Henry James
Henry James quote: "In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and..."
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. Henry James
He had come abroad to enjoy the Flemish painters and all others; but what fair-tressed saint of Van Eyck or Memling was so interesting a figure as Madame de Mauves? Henry James
Henry James quote: "with what I kept back."
with what I kept back. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Ideas are, in truth, force."
Ideas are, in truth, force. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Observe perpetually!"
Observe perpetually! Henry James
Henry James quote: "The whole of anything, is never told."
The whole of anything, is never told. Henry James

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