Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
lucky right-time stills
The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
literature adore adverbs
I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.
thinking judging judgement
I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.
i-hate-you doors imagination
Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
travel venice visitors
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
book beer winning
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
beautiful summer time
Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
art writing mind
The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will ever proceed from a superficial mind.
dark giving
We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have.
strong hard-times sorrow
Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.
tables elbows courses
She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.
writing use
Writing is not primarily escape, but use.
happiness self inner-peace
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.
dream taken able
Of course what he most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you are able to indulge him the more will he adore you and the more all the latent beauty of his nature will come out.