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Henry James quotes

American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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A novel is in its broadest definition a personal, a direct impression of life: that, to begin with, constitutes its value, which is greater or less according to the intensity of the impression" - from "The Art of Fiction Henry James
Henry James quote: "She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly..."
She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering. Henry James
Henry James quote: "It's time to start living the life you've imagined."
It's time to start living the life you've imagined. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Three things in human life are important. The first is to be..."
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. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Life is a predicament which precedes death."
Life is a predicament which precedes death. Henry James
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 conceive of them apart. Henry James
Her chief dread in life, at this period of her development, was that she would appear narrow minded; what she feared next afterwards was that she should be so. Henry James
Henry James quote: "She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a..."
She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense. Henry James
Henry James quote: "It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing..."
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games Henry James
Nevertheless, he had offered her a home under his own roof, which Lavinia accepted with the alacrity of a woman who had spent the ten years of her married life in the town of Poughkeepsie. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there."
Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there. Henry James
You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the very mill of the conventional. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Be not afraid of life believe that life is worth living and..."
Be not afraid of life believe that life is worth living and your belief will create the fact. Henry James
He had sprung from a rigid Puritan stock, and had been brought up to think much more intently of the duties of this life than of its privileges and pleasures. Henry James
She looked about her again, on her feet, at her scattered melancholy comrades -- some of them so melancholy as to be down on their stomachs in the grass, turned away, ignoring, burrowing; she saw once more, with them, those two faces of the question between which there was so little to choose for inspiration. It was perhaps superficially more striking that one could live if one would; but it was more appealing, insinuating, irresistible in short, that one would live if one could. Henry James

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