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American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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It was the air she wanted and the world she would now exclusively choose; the quiet chambers, nobly overwhelming, rich but slightly veiled, opened out round her and made her presently say 'If I could lose myself here!' There were people, people in plenty, but, admirably, no personal question. It was immense, outside, the personal question; but she had blissfully left it outside...". Henry James
She knew that this silent, motionless portal opened into the street; if the sidelights had not been filled with green paper, she might have looked out on the little brown stoop and the well-worn brick pavement. But she had no wish to look out, for this would have interfered with her theory that there was a strange, unseen place on the other side--a place which became, to the child’s imagination, according to its different moods, a region of delight or terror. Henry James
She liked him too much to marry him, that was the point; something told her that she should not be satisfied, and to inflict upon a man who offered so much a wife with a tendency to criticize would be a peculiarly discreditable act. Henry James
Henry James quote: "She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS."
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. 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: "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
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: "The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was in having a..."
The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was in having a mind of her own at all. Henry James
She [was] . . . one of those convenient types who don't keep you explaining --minds with doors as numerous as the many-tongued clusters of confessionals at St. Peters. 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: "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
Henry James quote: "She gazed and wondered, like a child or peasant, and paid her..."
She gazed and wondered, like a child or peasant, and paid her silent tribute to visible grandeur. Henry James
Henry James quote: "She often wondered indeed if she ever had been, or ever could..."
She often wondered indeed if she ever had been, or ever could be, intimate with anyone. Henry James
Henry James quote: "She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with..."
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table. Henry James
Henry James quote: "She is written in a foreign tongue."
She is written in a foreign tongue. Henry James

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